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Imnot Apadmashri

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Oct 17, 2009, 10:23:09 PM10/17/09
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According to "historical" books preserved in Jai Vilas Mahal in
Gwalior, he would lighten oil lamps by singing Raag Deepak, produce
rain by singing Raag Megh, Raag Megh Malhar, or Raag Gaud Malhar, and
bloom flowers on flowering plants by singing Raag Bahar...

Get the full BS here

http://ariom.ru/forum/p526192.html&sid=34105b4b1d91ec2a2092edc2d1d67555

DG

dvsa...@gmail.com

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Oct 17, 2009, 11:16:55 PM10/17/09
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On Oct 17, 9:23 pm, Imnot Apadmashri <imnotapadmas...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> According to "historical" books preserved in Jai Vilas Mahal in
> Gwalior, he would lighten oil lamps by singing Raag Deepak, produce
> rain by singing Raag Megh, Raag Megh Malhar, or Raag Gaud Malhar, and
> bloom flowers on flowering plants by singing Raag Bahar...

and make gardens grow by singing Bageshri, cause
espresso to brew by singing Kafi, not to mention
having once broken Tansen's leg by singing Mian ki (tAng) Todi?

Havanur

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Oct 18, 2009, 12:30:40 AM10/18/09
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On Oct 17, 8:16 pm, "dvsarw...@yahoo.com" <dvsarw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> and make gardens grow by singing Bageshri, cause
> espresso to brew by singing Kafi, not to mention
> having once broken Tansen's leg by singing Mian ki (tAng) Todi?

ROTFL :-)

Pinaki

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Oct 18, 2009, 10:03:35 PM10/18/09
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On Oct 18, 11:16 am, "dvsarw...@yahoo.com" <dvsarw...@gmail.com>
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LOL! What a way to start the week! Please keep them coming.

Pinaki.

Vishwaroopa Sharma

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Oct 19, 2009, 10:30:01 AM10/19/09
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On Oct 18, 7:23 am, Imnot Apadmashri <imnotapadmas...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Whom did you address in this post? Jasraj or Baiju?

Abhik Majumdar

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Oct 19, 2009, 11:33:26 AM10/19/09
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> > and make gardens grow by singing Bageshri, cause
> > espresso to brew by singing Kafi, not to mention
> > having once broken Tansen's leg by singing Mian ki (tAng) Todi?
>
> ROTFL :-)

I agree, these are really good ones! Possibly he could also make the
king's legions 'just do it' (whatever 'it' might be) by singing Naiki
Kanada?

Abhik

Imnot Apadmashri

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Oct 19, 2009, 2:14:27 PM10/19/09
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On Oct 17, 8:16 pm, "dvsarw...@yahoo.com" <dvsarw...@gmail.com>
brought upmore history:

> having once broken Tansen's leg by singing Mian ki (tAng) Todi

What fun! Then,

On Oct 19, 7:30 am, Vishwaroopa Sharma <vkr...@yahoo.in> wondered:

> Whom did you (who, me?) address in this post?

members of rmic, of course!

Finally,

On Oct 19, 8:33 am, Abhik Majumdar <abhik.r...@gmail.com> considered
another possibility:

> Possibly he could also make the king's legions 'just do it'
> (whatever 'it' might be) by singing Naiki Kanada?

But wouldn't they need Nike shoes for "it"?

Right now I am laughing at

Maheshwara Sutras (108 Chants), from "Shiv Shambho". What next?
Chant a recipe for matar-paneer a suitable number of times?

(for the uninitiated, Maheshwara Sutras are the first 14 formulae of
Panini's grammar, in which he groups phonemes into families. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maheshvara_Sutras)

DG

Abhik Majumdar

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Oct 19, 2009, 9:58:29 PM10/19/09
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> > Possibly he could also make the king's legions 'just do it'
> > (whatever 'it' might be) by singing Naiki Kanada?
>
> But wouldn't they need Nike shoes for "it"?

No, and that's the whole point - Nike (sorry Naiki) Kanada is enough.

Abhik

Vishwaroopa Sharma

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Oct 19, 2009, 10:06:43 PM10/19/09
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> members of rmic, of course!

Who was "he" in your post? Jasraj or Baiju?

Havanur

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Oct 25, 2009, 4:52:34 AM10/25/09
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On Oct 17, 8:16 pm, "dvsarw...@yahoo.com" <dvsarw...@gmail.com>
claimed:

> having once broken Tansen's leg by singing Mian ki (tAng) Todi?

I did some reseach into this tod phod business today and pleased to
share my findings. There is conclusive evidence that both Tansen and
BB performed a jugalbandi in Akbar's darbar and indeed managed to
crush a hard rock into very fine powder. That was of course expected.
The real miracle happened when the singing stopped - the rock
reassembled itself back to the original shape. And it is all caught on
camera!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkm9V0VFhE

I have also uncovered evidence about fires being lit by Deepak and
gagantod rains induced by Malhar. But my fondness for this particular
"Tansen" as a vocalist prevents me from posting them.

Havanur

Abhik Majumdar

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Oct 25, 2009, 6:39:26 AM10/25/09
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkm9V0VFhE

Now just where the hell did you get this?

Seriously, the production values would do justice to the great
Ramanand Sagar himself, to my mind.

Abhik

Abhik Majumdar

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Oct 25, 2009, 6:46:50 AM10/25/09
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PS: Wasn't that a Sadarang composition they were singing? But then, I
ought not be so surprised. If rocks can set about re-assembling
themselves so unobtrusively, surely young Niyamat can skip back in
time and give Tansen (no less!) a lesson in Darbari compositions.

Abhik

Abhay

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Oct 25, 2009, 9:01:10 AM10/25/09
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I could identity the Tansen easily, but who is the Baiju?

Warm regards,
Abhay

Akash

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Oct 25, 2009, 1:40:39 PM10/25/09
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> Abhay- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Looks like Ram Deshpande to me.

Manohar

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Oct 26, 2009, 11:58:03 AM10/26/09
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On Oct 25, 6:01 am, Abhay <aphad...@gmail.com> wrote:

Kaiwalyakumar?

M

Imnot Apadmashri

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Oct 26, 2009, 1:15:10 PM10/26/09
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Havanur <havanur...@gmail.com> linked:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkm9V0VFhE

Fantastic!

> The real miracle happened when the singing stopped - the rock
> reassembled itself back to the original shape. And it is all caught on
> camera!!

All I could see is the whole stone was miraculously back in the
closing shot. I was hoping to see it come back bit by bit. And,
where is the dust? It looked like the stone was teleported away.

to Abhay <aphad...@gmail.com>'s question

> I could identity the Tansen easily, but who is the Baiju?,

Manohar <manohar.bo...@gmail.com> responded:

> Kaiwalyakumar?

Tansen: Kaivalyakumar Gurav; BB: Ram Deshpande. BTW, did the latter
speak Hindi or Martathi? I could not make out.

DG

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