Participants - Dyuti & Nikunj Kharod, Ami & Ketan Pota, Dhanesh Patel, Gauri & Pallav Desai, Shalini, and Pranjali Yagnik

Swara Bhakti is a group of music lovers striving to learn and propagate our cultural heritage through music. Music is a way to experience devotion. We try to inculcate this and pass it on to the next generation.

Bhakta Kavi (Devoted poet) Narsinha Mehta has reached the hearts of India through his famous Bhajan Vaishnav Jan to tene kahie" which was put on national diaspora by Mahatma Gandhi. Narsinha was a bhakta and a poet from 15th century His poetry was not just played of words but his personal spiritual experiences. Verses after verses you can see references to Vedas and Upanishads in his Bhajans

In a time when caste system in India was very rigid, Narsinha brought about a revolution by mingling with people from all the castes and taking the knowledge of Vedas through his bhajans. Although his own Nagar-Brahmin community outcast him, he did not give up his "Loksangraha". His bhajans can be classified as Ramagri, Prabhatiya (morning raags) and Aakhyan (storytelling). These bhajans were full of metaphors and lucid examples to explain the complex philosophy.

Today we are presenting following Padas (poems)
1. Jaagi ne jovu to jagat dise nahi - When we wake up from the sleep of ignorance we can see that there is only one thing and that is "Brahman" (Sarvam khalvidam Brahma)
2. Jashoda tara kanuda ne - Krishna's mischief and complaints of Gopis to Mother Yashoda
3. Vari javu re - Explains the universal form of Dashavtar and their actions - This bhajan is the purport of "Paritraanay sadhunaam vinashaay cha dushkrutam"
4. Vaishnav jan - Depicts the qualities of Sthitapragna & Bhakta from Bhagvad Geeta
5. Jal Kamal - Story of Kalinaag and Krishna - but with a metaphorical reference to Kalinaag being  sensual desires - When we accept Krishna as our swami, we can conquer the Kaalinaag of our desires
6. Akhil Brahmand ma - Set in Raag Kedar which was Narsinha's favorite raag to call upon the Lord. This bhajan explains the concept of Ishavasyam idam sarvam and Vibhooti Yog of Bhagvad Geeta - God is all-pervading and omnipresent