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H-M synthesis: The Ganesha Bhakta from Bijapur, Ibrahim Adil Shah II
by Guest Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:21 pm
He lived seven centuries ago, but Bijapur king and dhrupad singer Ibrahim Adil Shah II left behind a syncretic legacy that is more relevant than ever. Yogesh Pawar talks to Ustad Karim Sayyed who carries on that tradition of oneness.
It's only 6am. Unlike most of his neighbourhood that seems deep in slumber, Ustad Karim Sayyed's home in Bijapur, on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, is alive with the strains of the tanpura as he leads two disciples in a Lord Ganesh invocation. Isn't this unusual for a practising five-time namazi, particularly in today's times? The classical vocalist laughs in reply, "Who'd think that this would ever be a question in the land of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, who called himself the son of Lord Ganesh and the goddess of learning, Saraswati?"
Moving back and forth from Dakhani, the local Urdu dialect, to Kannada, he explains that the Ganesh invocation he is teaching is a composition from Ibrahim Adil Shah II, who ruled the sultanate of Bijapur from 1579 to 1626.
"This is from the Badshah's treatise Kitab-e-Navras (Book of Nine Rasas) in Dakhani, which has nearly 59 compositions and 17 couplets, many of which are dedicated to Hindu gods and goddesses."
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-sounds-of-oneness-2253897
It's only 6am. Unlike most of his neighbourhood that seems deep in slumber, Ustad Karim Sayyed's home in Bijapur, on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, is alive with the strains of the tanpura as he leads two disciples in a Lord Ganesh invocation. Isn't this unusual for a practising five-time namazi, particularly in today's times? The classical vocalist laughs in reply, "Who'd think that this would ever be a question in the land of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, who called himself the son of Lord Ganesh and the goddess of learning, Saraswati?"
Moving back and forth from Dakhani, the local Urdu dialect, to Kannada, he explains that the Ganesh invocation he is teaching is a composition from Ibrahim Adil Shah II, who ruled the sultanate of Bijapur from 1579 to 1626.
"This is from the Badshah's treatise Kitab-e-Navras (Book of Nine Rasas) in Dakhani, which has nearly 59 compositions and 17 couplets, many of which are dedicated to Hindu gods and goddesses."
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-sounds-of-oneness-2253897
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