Gandhi Jayanti: Remembering some of Mahatma's most beloved hymns

far of nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was quite fond of music, laying particular emphasis on meaning of songs. His most favourite hymn was said to be Vaishnava Jana Toh which was written by a bhakti poet Narsinh Mehta. mes that were common to most of his favourite hymns were devotion, harmony and or related mes. 

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Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye Je

Narsi Mehta's Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye Je is said to be Gandhi's favourite hymn. It was a part of most of his prayer meetings that h many more hymns he liked. hymn was written by poet Narsinh Mehta in Gujarati in 15th centuryand talks about life, ideals and mentality of a Vaishnava Jana, someone who follows Lord Vishnu. main stanza of hymn says 'Call those people followers of Vishnu who, feel pain of ors, help those who are in misery, but never let self-conceit enter ir mind.' 

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Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram

Ar hymn popular popularized by Gandhi was Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram originally written by Sri Laksmanacharya. lyrics were modified by Gandhi for his own version of hymn. This modified version was chanted by him and his people during Dandi March of 1930. This version has been used recently in many Bollywood films as well. Gandhi's version of poem ded lines like 'ishwar allah tero naam, sabko sanmati de bhagwan' to promote harmony between Hindus and Muslims at that time. meaning of Hymn is 'O Lord Rama, a descendant of Raghu, Uplifter of fallen, you and your beloved consort Sita are to be worshipped, all names of God refer to same Supreme Being, including Ishvara and Muslim Allah.'

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Hari Tuma Haro

Gandhi was lover of ar hymn which was composed by 15th-century saint Meerabai, devotee of Lord Krishna. hymn was Hari Tuma Haro. He requested Carnatic singer MS Subbulakshmi to record this song. lyrics of song mean 'Hari, remove sufferings of your slaves, you protected hour of Draupi, lengning garment that covered her.'  song played at Gandhi's last birthday celebrations on October 2, 1947. According to reports, song played on AIR on repeat mode after anuncing his assassination. 

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Le, Kindly Light 

Le, Kindly Light is ar hymn that Gandhi was really fond of. It is t stated anywhere during what period did Gandhi come across this hymn. hymn was written in year 1833 by John Henry Newman as a poem with title, ' Pillar and Could'. According to accounts, Gandhi really liked first stanza of hymn. It is mentioned at Gandhi Museum which is located in Tamil Nu city, Murai. 

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Or hymns that Gandhi really liked are Abide With Me by Scotland's Henry Francis Lyte and Ekla Cholo Re by Rabindra Nath Tagore. October 2nd is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti in India every year and as International Day of n-violence in rest of world. 

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