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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Indian classical music to popularise foreign God!</b>
26/12/2007 13:39:10Â HK Correspondent
Indiaâs, particularly Keralaâs pseudo-secular media, always keeps doing something new to please their beloved minorities.
So, there was nothing surprising for media watchers to find a Christian âpadriâ in his long white gown giving a South Indian classical vocal recital last night on Amrita TVâs âSruthilayamâ programme. Predictably, the keerthanam began thus: âYesu natha, moksha dayakaâ!
The Padri took care not to wear any tilak on his forehead, as in common with Carnatic musicians. The accompanying artists on the mridangam, violin and ghatam (all with sandal and sindoor on their foreheads) did their job quietly. But, by the look on their faces, it was clear that they were uncomfortable with Jesus Christ.
While calling Jesus âmoksha dayakaâ, the padri conveniently forgot that there is no concept of moksham or liberation form the cycle of birth and death in Christianity. But, the Padri must have thought, since most Hindus are gullible fools, who will point this out?
The padriâs attempt to use Indian music to popularise a foreign god is understandable, though not appreciable. But why did Amrita TV, owned by a Hindu ashram, allow such a program to be made and broadcast? The channel owes Hindus an explanation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Read the comments. The first one after the article is by a christian (Jose Mejo on 01/03/2008) who declares that Carnatic Music is "Indian culture" <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> And that it is therefore part of his culture <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Like I said. Appropriation -> inculturation -> claiming it was theirs in the first place (as they do with Hindu temples too: openly and violently steal the temples like during christoportuguese times and turn them into churches, then centuries later claim they had always been churches and do away with the temple rubble evidence.)
Two of the comments on the above article (at the bottom of linked page):
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sk 27/12/2007 03:44:20
<b>LOL</b>
-Pithave Ayaal paadunnathenthennu ayaal ariyunnilla..
I'm sure he wouldn't be knowing the meaning of what he's singing. But anyway it is irritating to see such stunts in media. <b>One of the xian channels regularly telecasts Bharatanatyam like dance with "edited" lyrics.</b> The good thing on watching is it will certainly re assure us about or rich cultural heritage which no one else in the world can claim.
(Red bit: this Hindu has started saying it is "cultural heritage" as well. My goodness, has he forgotten the source of Hindu arts?)
minakshi
27/12/2007 01:33:57
<b>Indian classical music to popularise foreign God!</b>
This is hardly surprising. As a Bharata Natyam performer and Guru, I have noticed in the past few years, a very dangerous trend in this Divine artform where several Tamil schools are using BharataNatyam as a medium to popularise Jesus and his Bible stories.<b>BharataNatyam & Yoga along with all our classical artforms & music are deeply rich in Hindu legends and folklore where foreign Abrahamic religions find no place at all within them since Lord Shiva is the root and end of all our great spiritual arts and beliefs.</b> Many organisations have been taken over in the South by Christians and it is time our artistes woke up and took some action against this heinous crime.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Thank goodness someone said it.
Ishvara (Shiva) is well-known as the origin of Hindu Dance, Grammar and Martial Arts in Bharatam (in Japan he is the Lord of various forms of Martial Arts too). He is worshipped in these particular forms in the temples dedicated to those manifestations in the South of India and probably in similar temples all over the boundaries of Ancient India. For example, the Nataraja, Lord of Chitsabha, in Chidambaram Kovil - where he is in his spectacular form as the Cosmic Dancer.
He is also known as the lord of the Rudra Veena and of the percussion, as the primordial Guru - that is, the Guru of Gurus, and as the ultimate Yogi. Hindus of course know all this.
(Not to forget that Saraswati is the mother of Hindu music, of all Hindu instruments, of literacy and Hindu wisdom.)
To falsely present Bharatanatyam, the sacred Hindu dance that originated in Shiva - and other similar sacred Hindu dances - as merely "Indian culture" is just the usual christian way of accusing our religion of "false gods" all over again. That is why christianism resorts to its usual thievery because "heathen religions don't count". It does the same in Africa with the Africans' sacred rites and dances. Christianism's rules have always been Mow 'Em Over And Take Over Their Stuff.
Similarly Carnatic music is a very Hindu art form. It is not - never was nor ever will be - a mere Indian cultural expression. It is HINDU religious expression.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Indian classical music to popularise foreign God!</b>
26/12/2007 13:39:10Â HK Correspondent
Indiaâs, particularly Keralaâs pseudo-secular media, always keeps doing something new to please their beloved minorities.
So, there was nothing surprising for media watchers to find a Christian âpadriâ in his long white gown giving a South Indian classical vocal recital last night on Amrita TVâs âSruthilayamâ programme. Predictably, the keerthanam began thus: âYesu natha, moksha dayakaâ!
The Padri took care not to wear any tilak on his forehead, as in common with Carnatic musicians. The accompanying artists on the mridangam, violin and ghatam (all with sandal and sindoor on their foreheads) did their job quietly. But, by the look on their faces, it was clear that they were uncomfortable with Jesus Christ.
While calling Jesus âmoksha dayakaâ, the padri conveniently forgot that there is no concept of moksham or liberation form the cycle of birth and death in Christianity. But, the Padri must have thought, since most Hindus are gullible fools, who will point this out?
The padriâs attempt to use Indian music to popularise a foreign god is understandable, though not appreciable. But why did Amrita TV, owned by a Hindu ashram, allow such a program to be made and broadcast? The channel owes Hindus an explanation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Read the comments. The first one after the article is by a christian (Jose Mejo on 01/03/2008) who declares that Carnatic Music is "Indian culture" <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> And that it is therefore part of his culture <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Like I said. Appropriation -> inculturation -> claiming it was theirs in the first place (as they do with Hindu temples too: openly and violently steal the temples like during christoportuguese times and turn them into churches, then centuries later claim they had always been churches and do away with the temple rubble evidence.)
Two of the comments on the above article (at the bottom of linked page):
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sk 27/12/2007 03:44:20
<b>LOL</b>
-Pithave Ayaal paadunnathenthennu ayaal ariyunnilla..
I'm sure he wouldn't be knowing the meaning of what he's singing. But anyway it is irritating to see such stunts in media. <b>One of the xian channels regularly telecasts Bharatanatyam like dance with "edited" lyrics.</b> The good thing on watching is it will certainly re assure us about or rich cultural heritage which no one else in the world can claim.
(Red bit: this Hindu has started saying it is "cultural heritage" as well. My goodness, has he forgotten the source of Hindu arts?)
minakshi
27/12/2007 01:33:57
<b>Indian classical music to popularise foreign God!</b>
This is hardly surprising. As a Bharata Natyam performer and Guru, I have noticed in the past few years, a very dangerous trend in this Divine artform where several Tamil schools are using BharataNatyam as a medium to popularise Jesus and his Bible stories.<b>BharataNatyam & Yoga along with all our classical artforms & music are deeply rich in Hindu legends and folklore where foreign Abrahamic religions find no place at all within them since Lord Shiva is the root and end of all our great spiritual arts and beliefs.</b> Many organisations have been taken over in the South by Christians and it is time our artistes woke up and took some action against this heinous crime.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Thank goodness someone said it.
Ishvara (Shiva) is well-known as the origin of Hindu Dance, Grammar and Martial Arts in Bharatam (in Japan he is the Lord of various forms of Martial Arts too). He is worshipped in these particular forms in the temples dedicated to those manifestations in the South of India and probably in similar temples all over the boundaries of Ancient India. For example, the Nataraja, Lord of Chitsabha, in Chidambaram Kovil - where he is in his spectacular form as the Cosmic Dancer.
He is also known as the lord of the Rudra Veena and of the percussion, as the primordial Guru - that is, the Guru of Gurus, and as the ultimate Yogi. Hindus of course know all this.
(Not to forget that Saraswati is the mother of Hindu music, of all Hindu instruments, of literacy and Hindu wisdom.)
To falsely present Bharatanatyam, the sacred Hindu dance that originated in Shiva - and other similar sacred Hindu dances - as merely "Indian culture" is just the usual christian way of accusing our religion of "false gods" all over again. That is why christianism resorts to its usual thievery because "heathen religions don't count". It does the same in Africa with the Africans' sacred rites and dances. Christianism's rules have always been Mow 'Em Over And Take Over Their Stuff.
Similarly Carnatic music is a very Hindu art form. It is not - never was nor ever will be - a mere Indian cultural expression. It is HINDU religious expression.
Death to traitors.