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Omkarnath Thakur
12+ albums
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Pandit Omkarnath Thakur by Susheela Misra (Rec.: a feature on Omkarnath Thakur - musician extraordinaire and a model for every self-respecting Bharatiya; Pilfered from: "Great Masters of Hindustani Music" by Smt. Susheela Misra, Hem Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1981. - Originally posted on RMIC by Rajan Parrikar as part of Great Masters Series.) After listening to Pandit Omkarnath Thakur's music once, Mahatma Gandhi is said to have remarked : "Pandit Omkarnathji can achieve through a single song of his, what I cannot achieve through several speeches." Such was the impact of Omkarnath Thakur's personality and his music on listeners. Besides being a successful musician, he was also endowed with an impressive personality who combined in himself many wonderful qualities of head and heart. The story of his early boyhood years is really a moving one, filled as it was, with struggles, privations, and poverty. But instead of being crushed under all this suffering, the boy's strong character, his inborn talents, and his fine qualities emerged with a rare brilliance out of the purifying fires of suffering. Omkarnathji's life-story proves how one who is destined to achieve greatness in life, will emerge triumphant, however adverse the circumstances might be. Such real-life stories strengthen one's belief in the Hindu theory of Samskara the accumulated knowledge, goodness, culture etc. that one has earned through previous births. Omkarnath was born on 24th June 1897 in village Jahaaj, in
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Raga Sughrai - Mai Kanth Morwa
232Raga Todi - Garwa Main Sang Laagi
213Raga Tankeshri - Malan Laaye Chun Chun Kaliyan
214Raga Desi Todi - Kadam Ki Chhaya
205Raga Nilambari - Mitwa Balamwa
206Raga Deshkar - Jhanjariya Jhanke
197Raga Tilang - Nanadiya Kaise Neer Bharun (Thumri)
188Raga Champak - Ae Mag Jai Ho
179Raga Shuddh Nat - Kahat Ho Mose
1510Raga Shuddh Kalyan - Bolan Laage Nanadiya
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