TNN Sep 19, 2009, 06.37am IST
NEW DELHI: The nip in the early morning air is the first herald of Durga Puja. Come September, and Bengalis all over the world get ready to celebrate, starting off with Mahalaya.
According to legend, Goddess Durga visits the earth for only four days but seven days prior to the Pujas, starts Mahalaya. The enchanting voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra fill up the predawn hours of the day thus marking the beginning of "Devipaksha'' and the beginning of the countdown of Durga Puja. Mahalaya is a kind of invocation or invitation to the mother goddess to descend on earth: "Jago Tumi Jago''.
The history of the Mahalaya broadcast is interesting. The concept started in the early 1930s, when AIR played the early morning programme, Mahisasura Mardini or The Annihilation of the Demon. The same programme has been running thereafter, and is a huge favourite with Bengalis. It's a beautiful audio montage of recitation from the scriptural verses of Chandi Kavya, Bengali devotional songs, classical music and a dash of acoustic melodrama. The programme has also been translated into Hindi, set to similar orchestration and is broadcast at the same time for a pan-Indian audience.
GOTO :
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-19/delhi/28094751_1_mahalaya-durga-puja-goddess-durga
NEW DELHI: The nip in the early morning air is the first herald of Durga Puja. Come September, and Bengalis all over the world get ready to celebrate, starting off with Mahalaya.
According to legend, Goddess Durga visits the earth for only four days but seven days prior to the Pujas, starts Mahalaya. The enchanting voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra fill up the predawn hours of the day thus marking the beginning of "Devipaksha'' and the beginning of the countdown of Durga Puja. Mahalaya is a kind of invocation or invitation to the mother goddess to descend on earth: "Jago Tumi Jago''.
The history of the Mahalaya broadcast is interesting. The concept started in the early 1930s, when AIR played the early morning programme, Mahisasura Mardini or The Annihilation of the Demon. The same programme has been running thereafter, and is a huge favourite with Bengalis. It's a beautiful audio montage of recitation from the scriptural verses of Chandi Kavya, Bengali devotional songs, classical music and a dash of acoustic melodrama. The programme has also been translated into Hindi, set to similar orchestration and is broadcast at the same time for a pan-Indian audience.
GOTO :
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-19/delhi/28094751_1_mahalaya-durga-puja-goddess-durga
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