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Mahishasura Mardini, Mahalaya Audio Songs

ri Mahishasura Mardini

Artist(s): Mahanadhi Shobana
Lyricist: S. Bharathi Ganesh

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Sri Raja Rajeswari Ashtagam

Artist(s): Mahanadhi Shobana
Lyricist: S. Bharathi Ganesh

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Mangala Rupini (Song)
Artist(s): Mahanadhi Shobana
Lyricist: S. Bharathi Ganesh

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Sakthi Pravagam
Artist(s): Mahanadhi Shobana
Lyricist: S. Bharathi Ganesh

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Mahishasura Mardini, Mahalaya Audio Songs

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While we don’t mind waking up to Birendra Krishna Bhadra’s baritone for several Mahalayas to come, is Mahishasura Mardini never to see new voices?

Before you picked up today’s paper, you have probably experienced the magic— some rousing Sanskrit recitation, music and a dash of acoustic melodrama — thanks to the reverberating baritone of Birendra Krishna Bhadra. It goes without saying that this show at All India Radio, is what whole of Bengal rises to in the chilly predawn hours of 4 am, to be precise, on the Mahalaya.

Since the early 1930s, Mahalaya has become synonymous with Mahishasura Mardini recited by orator Birendra Krishna Bhadra. But in the Mahalaya morn of 1976, Bengal woke up to what can be called a jolt. “AIR decided to experiment and planned a special show. Uttam Kumar, was roped in to do the chandi path for us. He obliged, but the response we got was far from favourable,” says Ratna Sen, radio presenter with AIR.

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The traditional six day countdown to Mahasaptami starts from Mahalaya. Goddess Durga visits the earth for only four days but seven days prior to the Pujas, starts the Mahalaya. The enchanting

oice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra fill up the predawn hours of the day thus marking the beginning of ” devipaksha ” and the beginning of the count-down of Durga Puja. Sarat in its bloom, mingled with the festive spirit of Durga Puja reaches its pitch on the day of Mahalaya. From this day starts ‘Devipaksha’ and marks the end of ‘Pitri-paksha’.

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