Saturday, May 28, 2016

Chalisas and Aarthis –Hindi prayers

Chalisas  and Aarthis –Hindi prayers

By
P.R.Ramachander

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   Prayers  in Hindi  (  mostly in the  local dialects ) are much more popular  than prayers in Sanskrit  in  the entire  Hindi speaking  India. Possibly   this revolution   started  with the huge popularity  achieved  by  Sant Thlasidas , Kabir  , Surdas , who all wrote  in their  dialects . Each  Hindu  there   considers  it  great   to posses  a copy of Ram Charitha Manas and  sing  daily  Hanuman Chalisa   written by SAnt Thulasidas .There   are  three  types  of prayer  modes which are  popular there . The chalisas   are lengthy prayers with forty verses in each of them. The other important group of prayers   are  Aarthis , which are   songs   sung by the  entire family   during  the  lamp worship  in their homes  . The most famous in this group   is the AArthi  -Jai jagadish hare . The third   group  are the Bhajans  which can  be sung  in groups  or individually ,. I am giving below  the  URL s  of translation of 12  Chalisas   and 55  Aarthi songs .

I strongly believe   that  our God understands all  our languages  and so praying  him in any language   which you understand  is OK  . This concept  is  much older  in Tamil , where  the Azhvar  pasurams and soulful  prayers  of the great Nayanmars   are popular for the last thousand years , It was adopted  by Malayalam speaking  people  , as soon as they  found their language  . It is popular  in  Karnataka who sing their devar namas ecstasicaly  . Same can be told   about Telugus  where several  devotees  sing  prayers in their  own language, composed by several  devotees  like Bhadrachala Ramdas  , Annamacharya  , THyagayya   and so on.Ofcourse  all of us with great devotion sing    several prayer   gems in Sanskrit.

CHALISAS
1.          Shirdi Sai Baba  Chalisa  - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2012/10/shirdi-sai-baba-chalisahindi.html
5.          Saraswathi Chalisa  - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2010/06/saraswathi-chalisahindi.html
8.          Santhoshi Mata  Chalisa  -http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2015/08/maa-santhoshi-chalisa.html

AARTHIS

2.          AArthi har har Mahadev ki  https://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2016/05/aarthi-har-har-mahadev-hindi.html
7.          Aarthi Ma  Sharadha ki - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2015/10/aarthi-ma-sarada-ki-hindi.html
12.       Aarthi sri Jagadamba ji ki  II - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2015/08/aarthi-sri-jagadamba-ji-kihindi.html
13.       Aarthi  Annapoorna   devi ki  - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2015/08/aarthi-annapoornaa-devi-kihindi.html
15.       Aarthi  har har  Mahadev ki  - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2016/05/aarthi-har-har-mahadev-hindi.html
31.       Jai Jagadish  hare –aarthi  - http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/v20.htm
36.       Maha Lakshmi ji ki aarthi  - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2009/07/maa-maha-kali-aarthi-hindi.html
42.       Sai Baba ki aarthi  I- http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2010/06/sai-baba-ki-aarthi.html
THulsi ji ki aarthi -1  - http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2010/12/thulsi-ji-ki-aarthi-hindi.html