Vaishnavism Kirtan

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some vaishnavism sub-traditions believe in public kirtana performance, songs , dance. painting of 19th-century performance chaitanya group in bengal.


kirtan genre of religious music has been major part of vaishnavism tradition, particularly starting alvars of sri vaishnavism sub-tradition between 7th 10th century ce. after 13th-century, 2 subgenres of kirtana emerged in vaishnavism, namely nama-kirtana wherein different names or aspects of god (a vishnu avatar) extolled, , lila- kirtana wherein deity s life , legends narrated.


the varkari saint namdev (c. 1270–1350) used kirtana form of singing praise glory of god vithoba, avatar of vishnu. marathi kirtana typically performed 1 or 2 main performers, called kirtankar, accompanied harmonium , tabla. involves singing, acting, dancing, , story-telling. based on poetry of 7 famous saints of maharashtra; nivruttinath, dnyaneshwar, sopandev, muktabai, eknath, namdev , tukaram. jugalbandi kirtan performed 2 persons, allowing question-answer, dialogue , debate. performance requires skill in music, dance, comedy, oratory, debate, memory, general knowledge , sanskrit literature. training takes place @ kirtan kul in sangli, akhil bharatiya kirtan sanstha in dadar, mumbai, narad mandir @ sadashiv peth, pune , kalidas mahavidyalay in ramtek, nagpur @ smaller schools in goa, beed , ujjain.



many krishna-related kirtana center around childhood , amorous love stories youth.


in 16th century ce chaitanya mahaprabhu popularized adolescent krishna based san-kirtana in bengal, hare krishna mantra , other songs, wherein love between radha , krishna symbolized love between 1 s soul , god. same time, shankaradeva in assam inspired neo-vaishnavite bhakti movement emphasized advaita vedanta philosophy within framework of bhagavata purana , vaishnavism. shankaradeva helped establish sattras (hindu temples , monasteries) kirtan-ghar (also called namghar), singing , dramatic performance of krishna-related theosophy. elsewhere, in vrindavan of braj region (mathura), vallabha launched kirtana singing devotional movement around stories of baby krishna , childhood, in 16th century.








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