Bhajans · A curated route
An entryway into bhajans across Meera, Kabir, Ravidas, Surdas, Tulsidas, and Tukaram.
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A selection of poems, bhajans, ghazals, songs, and open reading routes. Use the search and theme filters if you already know what you are seeking.
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Bhajans
Devotional songs, padas, and abhangs gathered for quiet reading and return.
c. 15th century
Kabir
Mystic and social critic whose dohas remain startlingly alive.
Moko Kahān Ḍhūṇḍhe Re Bande
A poem of radical nearness: the sacred is not elsewhere.
ReadBurā Jo Dekhan Main Chalā
The search for fault ends at one’s own doorstep.
ReadJhīnī Jhīnī Bīnī Chadariyā
The body as a finely woven cloth entrusted briefly to us.
ReadOne Hundred Poems of Kabir
The Tagore / Underhill public-domain collection.
Readc. 1498–1546
Meera
Bhajans of longing, surrender, and ecstatic freedom.
Mere To Giridhar Gopāl
A whole life gathered into one beloved name.
ReadPag Ghunghrū Bāndh Mīrā Nāchī Re
The dance becomes worship, defiance, and freedom.
ReadJo Tum Toḍo Piyā
A vow of fidelity through thread, tree, pearl, water, and gold.
ReadAisī Lagī Lagan Mīrā Ho Gaī Magan
Absorption so complete the self is overtaken by love.
Read1877–1938
Muhammad Iqbal
Prayer, selfhood, and spiritual flight.
1861–1941
Rabindranath Tagore
Solitude, freedom, prayer, and the inward music of language.
New reading pages
Ghalib, Rumi, and Bhakti selections.
Dedicated pages for the newly added voices and devotional selections.
Hazāroñ Khvāhisheñ Aisī
A famous couplet where desire becomes infinite, urgent, and never quite satisfied.
ReadDil-e Nādān Tujhe Huā Kyā Hai
A compact address to the heart, where pain becomes both question and teacher.
ReadIshq Par Zor Nahīñ
Love cannot be ordered into existence or dismissed at will.
ReadThe Reed Flute
A source-safe reading route into the famous opening image of the Masnavi.
ReadThe Guest House · Reading Note
A source-safe reflection on one of Rumi’s most circulated themes.
ReadLove Dogs · Reading Note
A source-safe reflection on longing as prayer.
ReadBegampura
Ravidas imagines a world without humiliation, fear, or inherited sorrow.
ReadPrabhuji Tum Chandan Ham Pani
Relational images turn devotion into closeness.
ReadMaiyā Morī, Main Nahīñ Mākhan Khāyo
A beloved scene of Krishna’s childhood play.
ReadAkhiyāñ Hari Darshan Kī Pyāsī
A song of vision, absence, and devotional thirst.
ReadŚrī Rāmachandra Kṛpālu Bhaj Man
A gentle hymn of praise and remembrance.
ReadHanuman Chalisa · Reading Note
A source-safe reading note on strength joined with humility.
ReadName as Companion
A Tukaram reading note on the divine name as shelter.
ReadAn Abhang of Humility
Tukaram’s devotional voice is candid, self-questioning, and tender.
Read1797–1869
Ghalib
Open-source-friendly Ghalib readings and ghazal pages.
Hazāroñ Khvāhisheñ Aisī
Desire multiplying even after fulfilment.
OpenDil-e Nādān Tujhe Huā Kyā Hai
The heart addressed as child, wound, and mystery.
OpenIshq Par Zor Nahīñ
Love as a fire beyond command.
OpenYe Na Thī Hamārī Qismat
Waiting, separation, and the dignity of unfulfilled love.
OpenGhalib · Open Collection
A wider route through famous couplets and themes.
Open1207–1273
Rumi
Rumi pages for longing, welcome, inwardness, and Sufi reflection.
c. 15th–16th century
Ravidas
Bhakti pages of equality, dignity, and devotion.
Begampura
The city without sorrow, fear, or humiliation.
OpenPrabhuji Tum Chandan Ham Pānī
Devotional intimacy through sandalwood and water.
OpenMan Changa To Kathauti Mein Ganga
Inward clarity as the true site of holiness.
OpenRavidas · Selected Bhajans
A broader Ravidas route.
Openc. 1478–1583
Surdas
Krishna bhakti pages of play, darshan, and grace.
1532–1623
Tulsidas
Ram devotion, praise, humility, and service.
c. 1608–1649
Tukaram
Abhang pages of candour, humility, and Vitthal devotion.
New open voices
Ghalib, Rumi, and bhakti selections.
Individual reading pages added for the new poets.
Hazāroñ Khvāhisheñ Aisī
Desire multiplying even inside fulfilment.
OpenDil-e Nādān Tujhe Huā Kyā Hai
A heart addressed as both patient and mystery.
OpenThe Reed Flute
Separation singing its way back toward origin.
OpenThe Guest House
The heart as a place of arrivals.
OpenBegampura
A city without sorrow.
OpenMaiyā Morī
The divine child in playful nearness.
OpenŚrī Rāmachandra Kṛpālu
Praise as shelter and remembrance.
OpenVitthala as Name and Shelter
The name as refuge.
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