Aau Kalandar Kesava | Bandish 18 | Kumarji - 100 Years X 100 Bandishes | Milap Rane

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Did you know that an obscure bhajan of Sant Namdev, in Hindi, has a sort of connection to Maharashtra's most revered and cherished king, along with the beautiful religious tradition of Sikhism? Kumarji used to sing a beautiful bhajan by Sant Namdev called "Aau Kalandar Kesava". This bhajan actually is also a part of the Guru Granth Sahib, at Ang 1167 (Page 1167). This bhajan can also be interpreted as a prophecy from Namdev Maharaj describing a King that was going to grace the land much later from his living times. The king was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1630–1680 CE), and he fits into this description, vis-a-vis his weight, and the robes he wore. This is why I choose to sing this bhajan today, the day after the 350th anniversary of the Shivchhatrapati rajyabhishek.

https://medium.com/@milapworks/aau-kalandar-kesava-a-bhajan-connected-to-a-prophecy-614b76b90936
(This is my article accompanying this video)

This video is a part of my project Kumarji - 100 Years X 100 Bandishes. Over the space of a year, I aim to publish 100 videos with compositions of Pt. Kumar Gandharva, along with long-form articles on each of those compositions on medium (Link shared above).

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Video Shot by: @vineetaphondekar8467
Rendition and Audio/Video Editing: Milap Rane