Nīlakaṇṭhaṃ Bhajeham

Nilakantham Bhajeham

Kēdāragauḷa rāga · Miśra Chāpu tāla·bhakti

Nīlakaṇṭhaṃ bhajeham nityam

Raga preview · Kēdāragauḷa · Miśra Chāpu

Theme

Praise of the blue-throated Śiva who drank the world-poison

A deeper bhāva note is being authored by our musicologist; this short theme stands in until then.

Tāla — Miśra Chāpu

7-beat asymmetric (3 + 2 + 2). Famous: O Rangaśāyī, Akṣayaliṅgavibhō.

7 beats per āvarta · this notation spans 3 cycle(s)

Paramparā

Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarśinī (1904)

This page shows the kṛti's playable notation + opening sahitya. Bhāva, rāga svarūpa, learning-path, and full word-by-word sahitya are added incrementally as our musicologist reviews each kṛti.