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Below
are a few rare pictures of Shri Veena Baba (1916-1990), one of the
greatest Nadayogis and musician saints of modern times. He lived for
most of his life in the holy pilgrimage center of Badrinath, situated
high up in the Himalayas.
He would pass his days playing his veena and singing to Bhagavan Vishnu. He hardly ever spoke to anybody. He was a maestro of Rudra Veena (which he is holding in his hands) and some of his extremely rare musical recordings were made as part of a UNESCO project, which you can hear in the video below.
He would pass his days playing his veena and singing to Bhagavan Vishnu. He hardly ever spoke to anybody. He was a maestro of Rudra Veena (which he is holding in his hands) and some of his extremely rare musical recordings were made as part of a UNESCO project, which you can hear in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT7qFbUOO0
Swami Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikarji (1916-1990), is seen here playing his ‘Brahma Veena’, as he called it, at the Badrinath Temple.
He said it was the only one left in existence and that he had to help in the making of it himself, getting several strings added to the lower side (like a harp). It had a truly mystical sound. Swamiji would be here during the entire season that the presiding deity resided in Badri Nath Dham. Because of an introduction letter from Babaji, I was able to stay as a guest with a family of Swamiji’s dear disciples, who succeeded in persuading me to stay on one month instead of three days!
(See the photographs )
He would daily sit in the temple compound and would teach me the swaras, and when others would come we would all sing kirtana lead by him. “Sriman Narayan, Narayan”. Interesting was his morning practice of first having bath in Tapt Kund, a natural hot mineral spring, and then immediately having an ice cold bath in the grace-filled river of Alakananda. And after this he would do yogasanas in the sunshine beside the river, ending them with Shishasana, headstand, and that alone for at least 15 mins.
Although Swamiji spent all his Spring and Summer days in Sri Badrinath Dham, we were surprised to see that his own ‘Ishtadev’, form of worship was Sri Narsinghji Bhagavan! That amazing image could be held in one hand, and he was seated on a throne with the child Prahladji on one knee and Sri Laxmi Devi on the other.
Whenever I sat with Swamiji inside the temple area we would sing and he would tell us amazing stories of the grace of Sri Badri Narayana, and His devotees. Only once did I see him in Sri Vrindavan, when there was the special music festival there in Niddhi Van of Swami Hari Dasji Samaro.
Several times He has been on TV, the ‘Door Darshan featured him playing his unique ‘Brahma Veena’ and singing beautiful bhajans.
He is one of the very beautiful saints of India whose grace and blessings I will always
Swami Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikarji (1916-1990), is seen here playing his ‘Brahma Veena’, as he called it, at the Badrinath Temple.
He said it was the only one left in existence and that he had to help in the making of it himself, getting several strings added to the lower side (like a harp). It had a truly mystical sound. Swamiji would be here during the entire season that the presiding deity resided in Badri Nath Dham. Because of an introduction letter from Babaji, I was able to stay as a guest with a family of Swamiji’s dear disciples, who succeeded in persuading me to stay on one month instead of three days!
(See the photographs )
He would daily sit in the temple compound and would teach me the swaras, and when others would come we would all sing kirtana lead by him. “Sriman Narayan, Narayan”. Interesting was his morning practice of first having bath in Tapt Kund, a natural hot mineral spring, and then immediately having an ice cold bath in the grace-filled river of Alakananda. And after this he would do yogasanas in the sunshine beside the river, ending them with Shishasana, headstand, and that alone for at least 15 mins.
Although Swamiji spent all his Spring and Summer days in Sri Badrinath Dham, we were surprised to see that his own ‘Ishtadev’, form of worship was Sri Narsinghji Bhagavan! That amazing image could be held in one hand, and he was seated on a throne with the child Prahladji on one knee and Sri Laxmi Devi on the other.
Whenever I sat with Swamiji inside the temple area we would sing and he would tell us amazing stories of the grace of Sri Badri Narayana, and His devotees. Only once did I see him in Sri Vrindavan, when there was the special music festival there in Niddhi Van of Swami Hari Dasji Samaro.
Several times He has been on TV, the ‘Door Darshan featured him playing his unique ‘Brahma Veena’ and singing beautiful bhajans.
He is one of the very beautiful saints of India whose grace and blessings I will always
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