To observe the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a mild evening of bhajans ‘Ekke Ram Rahim- Bhajan Sandhya’ was organised at Ravindra Bhawan Auditorium here on Wednesday.
Organised by the Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan, the bhajans were presented by noted singers Ashit Desai, Hema Desai and Alaap Desai. The Bhopalites were mesmerized as the singers performed the bhajans from Ashran Bhajanavalli. Notably, Bhajanavali is a compilation of bhajans of all the religions. It is based on the creations of great and noted poets such as Kabir, Meera, Nanalal Kalapi, Jhavarchand Meghani, Narsingh Mehta, Dayaram, Khalas, Surdas, Nanak, and many more.
Ashit Desai along with his wife Hema Desai and son Aalap Desai presented the bhajans that made the audiences lost in the world of spirituality and divinity. Besides, some of the bhajans included the favourites of Mahatma Gandhi.
The programme began with the bhajan song of Meera and Surdas. The programme was followed by Vaishnav Jan Te and Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram. As the artists were singing with a lot of divinity, the audiences too listen to the programme with rapt attention. The artists spectacularly performed as many as 20 bhajans before the audiences.
The programme also included compositions like Ghunght ka pad kholo toko kab milengy that was sung by Ashit Desai. The event became more mild with Meera’s composition Mere Girdhar Gopal presented by Hema Desai followed with a duet of Ashit and Hema with Dhimi Dhimi Sadariya. later a bhajan Ram Kaho Rehman Kaho was also presented by Aalap Desai leaving the audience mesmerized.
The artists were accompanied by Vijay Dhumal on Tabla, Devendra Pandey on percussion, Manas Kumar on violin and Pratik Shah on keyboard.