Welcome to our virtual kirtan gatherings of YouTube playlists featuring various artists singing (mostly) in the traditional call-and-response format. Each program plays for 45 to 75 minutes. Namaste _/\_ (Please note: We do not create the videos for the site, only collect them into playlists for your convenience and enjoyment, so we have no control over content, quality, ads, etc.)
Chaitra or Vasant Navratri – Nine
Nights of the Divine Mother, March 25 to April 02, 2020.
I did something a little different this
year, creating this playlist with videos for Lalitha and Tripura
Sundari. You'll learn more about them in the videos.
EnJOY!
1 Vasant Navaratri 2020: Spring
Powertime Of The Goddess 1:23
2 Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam Full With
Lyrics - Lalita Devi Stotram - Rajalakshmee Sanjay – Devotional
30:48
Lalitha Sahasranamam is a text from
Brahmanda Purana and it contains a thousand names of the Hindu
Goddess Lalitha. It is a sacred text to the Hindu worshippers of
Goddess Lalitha Devi. Lalitha is the Goddess of bliss, an epithet for
Shiva's wife, Goddess Parvati.
Singer: Rajalakshmee Sanjay
3 Bala Tripurasundari to Attain
Everything in Life & Beauty 4:41
The Great Cosmic Wisdom Tripura Sundari
is a 16 Year Old Girl
-Brief History about Bala Tripura
Sundari - World Most Powerful Mantra Bala Tripurasundari Mantra
4 Shodashi Tripura Sundari Mantra Jaap
108 Repetitions ( Dus Mahavidya Series ) 19:56
5 Lalita Puja 3:08
6 Lalita Aarti | Sree Lalita
Sahasranama | Devaki Pandit | Times Music Spiritual 4:46
Basant Panchami Meaning in English –
The English meaning of Basant Panchami is really simple. Basant
Panchami is a Sanskrit term, Basant meaning spring, and Panchami
meaning the fifth day. On this Hindu festival day, Goddess Saraswati
is worshipped.
7 videos play for 59 minutes
1 Understanding Goddess Saraswati 9:40
Naren Pillai
2 Beautiful Maha Saraswati Stotram with
Lyrics! 5:58
Dedicated to the Sun God Surya who rides across the skies in his chariot drawn by seven horses.
(George Harrison fans may be interested to note that this was the inspiration for his Dark Horse logo, a horse with seven heads.)
Seven videos play for 87.73 minutes
(This is unusually long for a Kirtan Community playlist, but I liked the Surya Sahasranaam {1008 names} and wanted to include it even at 24:30 minutes.)
1 Surya Gayatri Mantra 18 Repetitions
13:00
2 Surya Mantra 21 times I Full Audio
Song Juke Box I Navgrah Mantra 9:18
3 Surya Namaskar Mantra | सूर्य
नमस्कार मंत्र | Rattan Mohan Sharma |
Times Music Spiritual 16:32
(These are the mantras to accompany the
Yoga Sun Salutation practice.)
Celebrated on May 23/24, 2018, Ganga Dasharhara or Dussehra is dedicated to Goddess Ganga and this day is commemorated as the day when Ganga was descended to the Earth to accomplish her mission to purge the cursed souls of Bhagiratha's ancestors.
Before coming to the Earth, the Goddess Ganga was residing in Kamandal of Lord Brahma and along with her the Goddess Ganga brought the purity of heaven to the Earth.
The Ganges River, or Ganga Mata as she is known, is considered to be the Great Mother. Her vehicle is a crocodile. (All Hindu deities have an animal as a vehicle.)
View of Ganga Ma from Ganesha Inn terrace, Rishikesh, India
The source of Ganga Ma is the Himalayas, and I was fortunate enough to travel along her course, meeting up with her in Rishikesh (I stayed in the Ganesha Inn which overlooked the river,
Shellie immersed in the Ganges River, Varanasi, India
Varanasi where I experienced the ritual immersion three times into the water,
Shellie in the Ganges/Hooghly River at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple
and then again in Dakshineswar (across the river from Kolkata - in the background of the photo) where the Ganga is called the Hooghly and the Yogananda Ashram was right on the river.
Eight Videos play for 75 minutes.
Shree Ganga Gayatri Mantra Female & Male Mix :29
Ganga Gayatri Mantra :48
VERY POWERFUL CLEANING MANTRA. GANGA MANTRA. 8:56
SHREE GANGA CHALISA | Very Peaceful | Sarva Santi 12:51
गंगा स्तोत्रम || Ganga Stotram || कल्याणकारी गंगा माँ || Ganga Maa Mantra By Prem Parkash Dubey 8:00
✿◕ MANTRA PURIFICANTE ✿ GANGA MATA BHAJAN ◕✿ 8:47
Jai Gange Mata - Ganga Ji Ki Aarti with Lyrics - Sanjeevani Bhelande - Hindi Devotional Songs 3:33
Aarti also spelled arti,
arati, arathi, aarthi (In Devanagari:
आरतीārtī)
is a Hindu
religious ritual of worship, a part of puja,
in which light from
wicks soaked in ghee
(purified butter) or camphor
is offered to one or more deities.
Aartis also refer to the songs sung in praise of the deity, when
lamps are being offered.
The term ashtakam (Sanskrit:
अष्टकम्
aṣṭakam), also often
written astakam, is derived from the Sanskrit word aṣṭā,
meaning "eight". In context of poetic
compositions, 'ashtakam' refers to a particular form of poetry,
written in eight stanzas.
Bija Mantra
Bija: In Hinduism
and Buddhism,
the Sanskrit
term Bīja(बीज) (Jp.
種子 shuji) (Chinese种子 zhǒng zǐ), literally
seed, is used as a
metaphor for the origin or cause of things and cognate with bindu.
Mantra: A
"Mantra" (/ˈmæntrə,
ˈmɑːn-, ˈmʌn-/ (Sanskrit:
मंत्र);[2])
is a sacred utterance, a numinous
sound, a syllable, word or phonemes,
or group of words in Sanskrit
believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.
Chalisa: literally “Forty Chaupai”
and indicates forty verses of poetry together in a devotional song.
Most popular are the Hanuman, Ganesh, Durga, and Shiv Chalisas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaupai_(poetry)
A chaupai (चौपाई)
is a quatrain
verse of Indian poetry, especially medieval Hindi
poetry, that uses a metre
of four syllables.
Gayatri (Sanskrit:
gāyatrī) is the
feminine form of gāyatra,
a Sanskrit word
for a song or a hymn, having a Vedic
meter of three padas, or lines, of eight syllables. In
particular, it refers to the Gayatri
Mantra and the Goddess Gāyatrī as that mantra
personified.
Kavacam, Kavacham, Kavach is a mantra of protection, not a
particular style of chant. It is often comprised of Stotram verses.
Shloka (meaning "song", from the root śru,
"hear"[1])
is a category of verse
line developed from the Vedic Anustubh
poetic meter. It is the basis for Indian epic verse, and may be
considered the Indian verse form par excellence, occurring, as
it does, far more frequently than any other meter in classical
Sanskrit
poetry.[1]
The Mahabharata
and Ramayana,
for example, are written almost exclusively in shlokas.[2]
Stotra or Stotram (stotra)
is a Sanskrit
word, that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise".[1][2]
It is a literary genre of Indian texts designed to be melodically
sung, in contrast to shastras
which are composed to be recited.[1]
Aarti is not necessarily a Solstice celebration; it's celebrated every evening in many temples and other sacred places around India.
What is aarti?
From the Sanskrit dictionary at http://dictionary.tamilcube.com/sanskrit-dictionary.aspx
Aarti : form of worship
Aarti : Invocation ceremony or a welcoming ceremony . Normally involves waving a lamp gently in front of the deity.
Aarti : Worship of the deity using lit lamps.
From the Ram Aarti page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYaXQXI6nY
Aarti - A Hindu religious ritual of worship, refers to the songs sung in praise of the deity when lamps are being offered. Devotees express their complete and unflinching love towards God by singing aartis with a deep sense of reverence and adoration.
Aarti is derived from the Sanskrit word Aratrika, which means something that removes Ratri, darkness (or light waved in darkness before an icon). Another word from which Arati is thought to be derived is the Sanskrit word Aaraartikyam (Sanskrit:आरार्तिक्यं). A Marathi language reference says it is also known as Mahaneeranjana (Sanskrit:महानीराञ्जना)
Aarti is said to have descended from the Vedic concept of fire rituals, or homa. In the traditional aarti ceremony, the flower represents the earth (solidity), the water and accompanying handkerchief correspond with the water element (liquidity), the lamp or candle represents the fire component (heat), the peacock fan conveys the precious quality of air (movement), and the yak-tail fan represents the subtle form of ether (space). The incense represents a purified state of mind, and one’s "intelligence" is offered through the adherence to rules of timing and order of offerings. Thus, one’s entire existence and all facets of material creation are symbolically offered to the Lord via the aarti ceremony. The word may also refer to the traditional Hindu devotional song that is sung during the ritual.
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Many of the aarti songs included here do follow a lyric pattern and song that seems traditional, and some do not....they may be newer songs or interpretations.
13 videos play for 75 minutes
1 - Aarti - Ganesha Aarti 7:42
2 - "Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh Deva" - Lord Ganesh Aarti 4:32
3 - Varanasi Ganga Aarti Holy River Hindu Worship Ritual *HD* 7:01
Brahma/Shiva
4 - Bhajan | Om Jai Saraswati Mata [Full Song] Aarti by Arpita Bobade 7:45
5 - Om Jai Jagdish Hare Aarti by Narendra Chanchal - Lord Vishnu Aarti 5:31
6 - Aarti - Mahalaxmi - Om Jai Laxmi Mata 4:28
7 - Om Jai Shiv Omkara full Aarti from Movie Aayee Milan Ki Raat 4:52
8 - Parvati Mataji Aarti 7:19
9 - Kali Arti 5:26
10 - Krishna Aarti (NEW) ( Beautiful Song ) 6:20
11 - Aarti Shri Raghuvar Ji Ki | Ram Aarti With Lyrics | Hindi Devotional Songs 4:00
12 - Sita Aarti With Lyrics | Sanjeevani Bhelande | Hindi Devotional Songs | Ram Navami Special 3:14
13 - Hanuman Chalisa & aarti by Ashwin Pathak 6:29
