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MINI SERIES…MAHASHIVRATRI CELEBRATIONS
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Song No. 2
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These days, being or showing that you are religious amounts to being Communal ! I do not agree, because I feel that your religious behaviour should be restricted to your own personal life, without any display of it. If you take a survey today, you may find that hardly 0.1 to 1 % of the population is Atheist ( those who do not believe the existence of God ). The rest are all believers in God. Belief in God and being religious are two entirely different things. Being religious is practicing the ‘karm kands’ or fulfilling the acts described, prescribed or suggested by the religion, like for example, going to the Temples regularly or doing Pooja Archana every day etc. Only those who practice these can be termed as being religious minded. As long as these things do not interfere with your duties towards family and society, no one should have aby business commenting/ interfering in that.
A person who likes to listen to Jazz or Rock music and one who likes to western musicals can at best be described as persons liking western music, but he can not be called a Musician. Similarly, when one likes to listen to Bhajans and see Mythological films, he can only be termed as a person who likes religious/devotional music, but can not be called a religious person.
Hindu Religion is the most elastic, all encompassing and highly adaptive Religion. That is how it has remained for over 5000 years. There may be thousands of Castes, Languages,Ethnic groups and contrasting living patterns, but ALL will visit the SAME temple. There is no division among the variety of Gods that are available to the people. It is said that there are 33 types of-classes of-Gods ( 33 Koti Devtas- misunderstood as 33 crores Gods ), so there is a wide choice for selecting your favourite God. Some may like Shiv ji, some Vishnu,some Shrikrishna while some like Laxmi Devi, but there is ONE God who is loved by one and all,not only in India but also worldwide..and that is GANESHA.
Lord Ganesh is the second son of the celestial couple Shiv ji and Parvati ji. The elder one is Kartikeya (Kumarswamy in south). There are many stories found in Vedas and various Puranas,about the birth of Ganesha. the most popular,of course, is that,one day parvati made an young boy from the Sandalwood Paste made for her bath.She put life into it and asked him to guard the gate till Parvati finished her bath. After some time,Shiv ji came back,but was stopped by the boy. The Ganas of Shiv ji had a fight with him,and he defeated them. When this news reached the heavens,Dods’ king Indra himself came with his army,but he too was defeated by this boy. Shiv ji got angry and copped off his head with his Trishula. When Parvati learnt about this,she became very sad and angry. Shiv ji sent his Ganas to search for the chopped head,but not founding it,they brought an Elephant’s head. Shiv ji fitted this head and made him alive again. Shiv ji named him GANESH.
Today’s Shiv Bhajan is from the film ” Shri Ganesh Janma -51 “. This film was directed by Jayant Jhinabhai Desai who was born in Surat, Gujarat. He graduated from Bombay University and joined Ranjit Studios in 1929. For the next 10 years, he and Nandlal Jaswantlal, both assistants to Chandulal Shah, directed many films, starting with comedy genre. In 1942, Jayant Desai left Ranjit and started his own Jayant Desai productions.
The film’s music was composed by Khemchand Prakash and Manna Dey. In the cast, there was this hit pair of Mythological films-Nirupa Roy and Trilok Kapoor, doing their classic Shankar-Parvati roles,as usual.. Then there was the 50’s popular Narad Muni-Jeevan, who acted as Narad in more than 40 films, along with Ulhas,Rewashankar etc etc. There were 12 songs in the movie which were sung by Sulochana Kadam, Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey.
Let us now enjoy a Shiv Bhajan by Geeta Roy and build up the tempo for Mahashivratri…….
Song-Shivshankar daya karo (Shri Ganesh Janm)(1951)Singer- Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Manna Dey
chorus
Lyrics
shiv shankar
daya karo
dukh haro
shiv shankar
daya karo
dukh haro
kripa sindhu karuna nidhi
hamre sagre paap haro
kripa sindhu karuna nidhi
hamre sagre paap haro
daya karo
shiv shankar
daya karo
dukh haro
beech bhanwar mein naav hamaari
dol rahi
dol rahi
sukh ki jhankaaren hriday mein
bol rahi
bol rahi
bam bam bhole nath
bhakton ki naiya paar karo o
bam bam bhole nath
bhakton ki naiya paar karo
daya karo
shiv shankar
daya karo
dukh haro
pag pag per vipdaaon ke baadal
chhaa rahe
chhaa rahe
jhoothi jag ki maaya mein
bharma rahe
bharma rahe
hey praylochan
hey praylochan
sankat mochan
vipda aan haro o
hey praylochan
sankat mochan
vipda aan haro
daya karo
shiv shankar
daya karo
dukh haro
shiv shankar
daya karo
dukh haro
