Posts tagged Devotional
Posts tagged Devotional

This double CD album features Fariduddin Ayaz & group, qawwals from Karachi, Pakistan, and Shafi Mohammed Faqir, a Sindhi Manghaniar folk singer from Umarkot in Sindh, Pakistan.

In these music CDs, Kabir speaks through the voices of ten different singers from India and Pakistan in a stunning array of musical and regional styles ranging from folk to classical, Sufi qawwali to dhrupad gurbani.

This double CD album features Fariduddin Ayaz & group, qawwals from Karachi, Pakistan, and Shafi Mohammed Faqir, a Sindhi Manghaniar folk singer from Umarkot in Sindh, Pakistan.

In these music CDs, Kabir speaks through the voices of ten different singers from India and Pakistan in a stunning array of musical and regional styles ranging from folk to classical, Sufi qawwali to dhrupad gurbani.

In these music CDs, Kabir speaks through the voices of ten different singers from India and Pakistan in a stunning array of musical and regional styles ranging from folk to classical, Sufi qawwali to dhrupad gurbani.

The ginans are a vast corpus consisting of several hundred (indeed, by some estimates over a thousand) hymns or religious lyrics which have for long been a central part of the religious life of the Indian Nizari Ismaili Community, and of which they continue to form the living religious tradition. The literature is also shared by the Imamshahi community in Gujarat, who are believed to have split off from the Ismailis sometime in the 16th century. The term ‘ginan’ is believed to derive from the Sanskrit jnan, an abstract noun, which may be variously rendered as ‘knowledge’, ‘wisdom’ or ‘cognition’ (reminiscent, to some extent, of the Greek gnosis).

The ginans are a vast corpus consisting of several hundred (indeed, by some estimates over a thousand) hymns or religious lyrics which have for long been a central part of the religious life of the Indian Nizari Ismaili Community, and of which they continue to form the living religious tradition. The literature is also shared by the Imamshahi community in Gujarat, who are believed to have split off from the Ismailis sometime in the 16th century. The term ‘ginan’ is believed to derive from the Sanskrit jnan, an abstract noun, which may be variously rendered as ‘knowledge’, ‘wisdom’ or ‘cognition’ (reminiscent, to some extent, of the Greek gnosis).

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Raageshwari is unhappy with the music market today, as labels and record houses aim at teenagers as their primary consumer group. She says, “People with a mature taste in music do not visit music stores anymore. Naturally, serious music has no sponsors.”


Music accompaniment arranged and performed by Mohamed Kassam.

Syed Usman Marwandi or known as Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar , a Sayed Sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar. Born Syed Hussain Shah, he belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufis.

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Hindu Dharma’s greatest gift to mankind is the thought that declares that there is no one religion that teaches an exclusive or only road to salvation. The greatest philosophical book of all times - Bhagavad Gita declares, “In whatever way they (human beings) love Me (God), in the same way they find My love. Various are the ways for them, but in the end they all come to Me.” (BG 4.11). The unmistakable central chord that vibrates throughout the vast traditional and literature of Hinduism is the power of the Mantra. The Mantra may be just the name, naama, the name of a deity enshrined in a temple or of an avataara (incarnation) of God or of God without a form.

Rashid Khan includes the slow elaboration in his vilambit khayals in the manner of his maternal grand-uncle and also developed exceptional expertise in the use of sargams and sargam taankari (play on the scale). He is influenced with the style of Ustad Amir Khan and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi .He is also a master of the tarana like his guru but sings them in his own manner, preferring the khayal style rather than the instrumental stroke-based style for which Nissar Hussain was famous. There is no imitation of instrumental tone. His mastery of all aspects tonal variations, dynamics and timbre adjustment leave very little to be desired in the realm of voice culture.


Music accompaniment arranged and performed by Mohamed Kassam.


Anandmurti Gurumaa, also known as Gurumaa born in Amritsar as Gurpreet Kaur Grover , is a new age spiritual guide. She is respected by followers of many faiths including Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Sufism.