A curious connection: D V Paluskar’s best-known bhajan and the oldest known compendium on Indian music

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:44:04 +0000

I was curious about the origins of the starting lines of this composition. They are clearly not part of the devotional bhajan. But the tacked on Sanskrit shloks make an astonishing and inspiring claim about art and music (listen to the first minute).