Perhaps the ultimate song of surrender, this bhajan which we first heard from Mahesha Ram ji has caught on like fire and is now sung with great love and gusto by singers as diverse as Mooralala in Kutch to Prahladji in Malwa, to singers and audiences in big cities. Could it be a reflection of our deep need or yearning for a state of surrender, in a time where our entire culture tells us to be ‘in charge’ or ‘in control’, to ‘get our act together’. What is the feeling, the texture of the surrender evoked in this song? Is it a loose kind of letting go, an inability to deal with things? Or is it rather surrender to a deeper wisdom, a power greater than our own small reason, a loving welcoming of a guiding force into our lives?
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Meditative and mesmeric - these are the qualities of Mahesha Ram ji’s music. Unhurried and not in an eager rush to please the public, Mahesha Ramji slows you down, and compels you step into his rhythm. He belongs to Chhatangadh village near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, and represents the folk style of the Meghval community, who are the traditional carriers of the poetry of many bhakti poets including Kabir, keeping it alive through a powerful oral tradition.
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Mahesha Ram ji sang this song along with Bhage Khan and the rest of his troupe in Momasar village on the first night of the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra, a week-long travelling festival which toured 7 villages with 13 singers of Bhakti, Sufi and Baul poetry in February 2012. The Yatra was organised by Lokayan in Bikaner (www.lokayan.org) in partnership with the Kabir Project, Bangalore.
This is one of a series of uploads for Ajab Shahar, a webspace dedicated to mystic poem and song, created by the Kabir Project team (www.ajabshahar.org ; www.kabirproject.org).
Song Credits:
Vocals & Tambura: Mahesha Ram
Second Vocals & Tambura: Bhage Khan
Dholak: Anwar Khan
Manjiras: Amolak Ram & Mona Ram
Harmonium: Gillu Khan
Translation: Vipul Rikhi
Video Credits:
Cameras: Smriti Chanchani & Aarthi Parthasarathy
Sound: Atirek Pandey
Editing: Piyush Kashyap
Sub-Titling: Anand Baskaran & Vipul Rikhi
Collection: The Kabir Project
Date of Recording:
23 February 2012
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