jago durga

[tamara]

this is mahalaya bengali song. i have heard aruna sairam sing it. i wanted to know the meaning and raaga of it.

jago tumhi jago

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_C393ysis[/url]

PS: i am aware this is neither carnatic nor a frequently asked language but i hope ull be able to help me out.

[Lakshman]

Sounds like jOgiyA to me.

[smala]

This jAgo dUrga jAgO is a well-known invocation seven days prior to the main festival days of ashtami-navami-dasami.

Yes, it is part of Mahalaya - the most famous and and hair-raising version of Chandi-path delivered at 4 AM -is by Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All of West Bengal wakes early on this day to listen to this rendition, which is now considered a classic.

Aruna Sairam does a pretty good job although some Carnatic touches enter at places. What gladdens me is her pan-Indian approach in spreading and bringing the beauty and spirituality of Abhangs from Maharashtra and the unique flavor of Mahalaya from West Bengal - to an intensely Tamil closed door audience.

Composed by Pankaj Mallick and sung by Dwijen Mukherjee - listen to the original Jago Durga version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3LmeGF6 ... re=related

If you want to experience in full, the West Bengal flavor of the Devi, see below.
From the blow of the conch to the early morning heralding of Chandi-Devi on Mahalyaya, the incomparable FULL flavor of the classic Birendra Kumar Bhadra - here is an hour plus recording. Truly, an experience!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwjlI82 ... re=related