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)