FIELD-RECORDINGS
NĀTH YOGĪNS, NĀTH SAMPRADĀYA EVENING ĀRĀTĪ, ON THE EVENING OF MAY 1ST 2016 AT BHARTṚHARI CAVE IN UJJAIN, INDIA.
NĀTH YOGĪNS, GOSĀIṄKUṆḌA, NEPAL – 2019.
IN PRAISE OF KĀMĀKHYĀ – AMBUVĀCĪ MELĀ – ASSAM, 2018.
RĀDHE RĀDHE! SUNG BY MEMBERS OF THE PUSHTIMARG OF VALLABHĀCĀRYA, VṚNDĀVANA – 2017.
AN EIGHT-TRACK ALBUM RECORDED DURING A WEEK LONG VISIT TO RĀDHĀRAMAṆA MANDIR IN VṚNDĀVANA , INDIA – OCTOBER 2015.
THESE TWO TRACKS WERE RECORDED IN MARCH 2016 DURING THE KUMBHA MELA IN UJJAIN, INDIA. THEY ARE PERFORMED BY VARIOUS PERSONS OF THE RĀMĀNANDĪ MAHATYĀGI SECT, A VAIṢṆAVA RENOUNCED ORDER OF SĀDHUS. ONE OF THE TRACKS IS A MANTRA, THEREFORE A REPETITION OF “SĪTARĀMA SĪTARĀMA SĪTARĀMA….” WHILE THE OTHER TRACK IS CALLED GAURIMANGAL, A TWO HOUR LONG RECITATION OF SELECTED PASSAGES FROM THE EPIC RĀMĀYAṆA. THE LEAD SINGER CHANTS MAIN PASSAGES IN PRAISE OF GOD RĀMA WHILE THE SURROUNDING CROWD RESPOND WITH MATCHING PASSAGES FROM EPIC. THE SELECTED PASSAGES ARE NOT ALL COHERENT ON THEIR OWN NOR DO THEY FOLLOW A PATTERN OF PROGRESSION BASED ON VĀLMĪKI’S RĀMĀYAṆA.
RĀMĀNANDĪ EVENING ĀRĀTĪ – ALLAHABAD, FEB – 2019.
RĀMĀNANDĪ ORPHAN CHILD LEADING THE ĀRĀTĪ, ALLAHABAD 2019.
NĀTH YOGĪNS, GOSĀIṄKUṆḌA, NEPAL – 2019.
IN PRAISE OF KĀMĀKHYĀ – AMBUVĀCĪ MELĀ – ASSAM, 2018.
RĀDHE RĀDHE! SUNG BY MEMBERS OF THE PUSHTIMARG OF VALLABHĀCĀRYA, VṚNDĀVANA – 2017.
AN EIGHT-TRACK ALBUM RECORDED DURING A WEEK LONG VISIT TO RĀDHĀRAMAṆA MANDIR IN VṚNDĀVANA , INDIA – OCTOBER 2015.
THESE TWO TRACKS WERE RECORDED IN MARCH 2016 DURING THE KUMBHA MELA IN UJJAIN, INDIA. THEY ARE PERFORMED BY VARIOUS PERSONS OF THE RĀMĀNANDĪ MAHATYĀGI SECT, A VAIṢṆAVA RENOUNCED ORDER OF SĀDHUS. ONE OF THE TRACKS IS A MANTRA, THEREFORE A REPETITION OF “SĪTARĀMA SĪTARĀMA SĪTARĀMA….” WHILE THE OTHER TRACK IS CALLED GAURIMANGAL, A TWO HOUR LONG RECITATION OF SELECTED PASSAGES FROM THE EPIC RĀMĀYAṆA. THE LEAD SINGER CHANTS MAIN PASSAGES IN PRAISE OF GOD RĀMA WHILE THE SURROUNDING CROWD RESPOND WITH MATCHING PASSAGES FROM EPIC. THE SELECTED PASSAGES ARE NOT ALL COHERENT ON THEIR OWN NOR DO THEY FOLLOW A PATTERN OF PROGRESSION BASED ON VĀLMĪKI’S RĀMĀYAṆA.
RĀMĀNANDĪ EVENING ĀRĀTĪ – ALLAHABAD, FEB – 2019.
RĀMĀNANDĪ ORPHAN CHILD LEADING THE ĀRĀTĪ, ALLAHABAD 2019.