Mahisasuramardini (radio programme)
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Mahishasuramarddini [lower-alpha 1] is a widely popular early Bengali special dawn radio programme that has been broadcasting since 1931[1] on All India Radio (AIR) in Indian state West Bengal. It is a one-and-a-half-hour audio montage of Chaṇḍipāaṭh (chanting from Chaṇḍi) recitation from the scriptural verses of Śrī Śrī Chaṇḍi or Durga Saptashati,[2] Bengali devotional songs, classical music and a dash of acoustic melodrama. The program has been translated into Hindi set to similar orchestration and is broadcast at the same time for a pan-Indian audience.[3] This programme is aired every year at day-break on Mahalaya. The programme, which started off as a live-performance, has been broadcast in its pre-recorded format since 1966.[4][5] However, its great popularity remains undiminished even today over 90 years later.[6][7][8][9]
Other names | Chandipath Mahalaya |
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Genre | religious |
Running time | 1 hr 29 mins |
Country of origin | India |
Language(s) | Bengali, Sanskrit |
Home station | Akashvani |
Written by |
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Narrated by | Birendra Krishna Bhadra |
Original release | 1931 |
Opening theme | Conch blowing sound and Ya Chandi Song |
Ending theme | Shanti Dile Bhori song and Conch blowing sound |
This program has become synonymous with Mahalaya which is celebrated to usher the Devipaksha lunar fortnight and the Durga Puja. To this day, most of Bengal and East Indians fond of the programme wakes up in the breezily pre dawn hours, 4 am to be precise, on the Mahalaya day to tune into the Mahishasuramarddini broadcast. Presently the recordings are available as audio cassettes and Compact Disks from HMV-RPG which has obtained the rights from All India Radio. The CD version (as of 2002) contains 19 tracks.[10]