Pt. Bhimsen Joshi-Tirtha Vitthal Kshetra Vitthal (Raag Ahir Bhairav)

Pt. Bhimsen Joshi-Tirtha Vitthal Kshetra Vitthal (Raag Ahir Bhairav)

Just Close your Eyes and listen to the voice of the Legend of Hindustani Classical Music. This Composition has the power to teleport you to Pandharpur. Simply Divine!!

Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (1922-2011 ) was the indian vocalist of the Kirana Gharana (school), he was renowned for the khayal form of singing which is a form of Hindustani Classical singing. He was a diciple of Sawai Gandharva. Bhimsenji's music has been hailed by both the critics and the masses. His performances have been marked by spontaneity, accurate notes, dazzlingly-paced taans which make use of his exceptional voice training, and a mastery over rhythm. He was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and taans more intuitively than through deliberation. Never the one to be controlled by the rigours of theory, he sailed high, sometimes floundering, nevertheless reaching out to the stars. Each Year Panditji conducted the "Sawai Gandharva Music Festival" in Pune in memory of his guru. Panditji passed away in Pune, India. He was 89.

This Famous Bhajan is written by Sant Namdeo, Music is by Ram Phatak based on the Raag-Ahir Bhairav.Ahir Bhairav is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a mixture of Bhairav and the ancient but now rare raga Ahiri or Abhiri and is sung in the second Prahar of the morning (6-9). source ----shantanuy

Lyrics:

तीर्थ विठ्ठल, क्षेत्र विठ्ठल | देव विठ्ठल देव पूजा विठ्ठल ||१ || माता विठ्ठल, पिता विठ्ठल | बंधू विठ्ठल गोत्र विठ्ठल ||२ || गुरु विठ्ठल गुरुदेवता विठ्ठल | निधान विठ्ठल, निरंतर विठ्ठल ||२ || नामा म्हणे मज विठ्ठल सापडला | म्हणुनी कळीकाळा पाड नाही ||४ ||