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Uploaded by on May 26, 2008

Kirton - Hindu Mystical Song
Kirton is Hindu religious song with glorification exaltation of love God 'Radha' and 'Krishna' with musical mode. During this mystical performance both singer and audience inspire and unite with total devotion however rejoice inner peace centering on God`s love. The word, dance and music of local instruments create a lovely illutional as well as graceful environment. Most of case during pick of prayerful performance, the singers embrace the audience transfer love. With tuning of love the audience cry, forgive and forget all resentment. The believers deem during performance gods come down in the stage and work with the performers. If some one embraces with total acceptance God's spirit enter and purify the body, and recover the disease and life problems with enormous blessing. The song widely practices by the non-violence stock believers particularly the follower of Choitonno Dev, an ascetic Vaishnava monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal and Orissa.

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Kirton is the mystical performance by which both singer and audience inspire and rejoice inner peace and revelation centering on God`s love. The song is full of Hori`s (God name is called by Hindu ) name and praising. In ancient bangle the Buddhists monks also sang Charya which is an ancient form of Kirton, the songs glorify God both by men and women performer in same stage in front of love seekers audience with mystical dance, word and music with local instruments.

Originally Kirton is the song form of Gitagovinda which is a dramatic poem, written by Jaydev in Sanskrit at 12 century, containing songs and dialogue of the three main characters, Radha, Krishna and Sakhi, With the influence of Bangla mystical poet and ecclesiastic Chaitanya Dev, Vaishnava poets wrote songs based on the story of Radha and Krishna are also sang as Kirton. However Kirton songs spread throughout Bengal towards the end of 16th century, nowadays popular to Hindu community as part of worship. National poet Nazrul Islam even was Muslim by born, but was famous to write and sang Kirton beyond the religious boarders.




Script & editing : Shahjahan Siraj
Videography: J.Alam
Associate: M. Roton
Production& Copyright: Machizo Multimedia

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  • original kirton

  • @discoleopard Want more?? Then why don't you go and film your own kirton!!

  • Wait ,is it not haram to sing in muslim fate. How many muslims! They are celebrating suicide bombers right?

  • hara krishna good video sujan Rangunia,  chittagong Bangladesh

  • That's really overwhelming , God bless you ,,,

  • hare krishna

    radhe krishna

  • Does every village have the same thing? The temple, the people, and the music is like identical to my village in Bangladesh(Palash, Bangladesh). We have 5 days of non-stop kirtan every december 20th to about he 25th, all day and all night

  • Where is this from....? Curious....

  • thanks for this . very nicely organised kirtan . although the boys would have looked more traditional without the vest or with short kurta than those yellow t shirts . the enthusiams was noticable .

  • This is incredible!!! Please give us more!!

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