![]() Anchored in Khamaj, a raag that is popular for its thumris and dadras, this bhajan seems to have therefore been treated almost like a thumri. Sung or played in solo recitals or duets, this bhajan has often been treated musically as a dhun or a melody that can be elaborated. This bhajan has also become a favourite with Hindustani vocalists and instrumentalists. ![]() Written by Narsinh Mehta, a saint-poet from fifteenth-century Gujarat, the song-text carries a potent message of empathy, humility, truth, equality, and spirituality, for followers of Vishnu, the Hindu deity, but which could equally be a message for everyone particularly in these times of intolerance, hatred and self-aggrandisement. Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahiye was one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite bhajans. Khare was mainly responsible for compiling the Ashram Bhajanavali or the prayer book containing bhajans and other devotional songs pertaining to various religious faiths. Accordingly, Paluskar sent his disciple Narayan Khare to the Ashram. He asked vocalist and music educationist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) to depute a disciple to conduct these community singing sessions at the Sabarmati Ashram. Community singing of bhajans or devotional song-texts was part of the daily routine at the ashrams set up by Mahatma Gandhi.
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