Love Songs Of Banamali Das { Banamalidasa ke srngara pada }

The Heart Of Odishan Arts Lies In The Villages Of Odisha. The Songs And Dances, The Wall Paintings And Patachitras, Fabrics And Textiles, All Are Rooted In The Rural Sensibility Of Odisha. When Its People Sing The Love Songs Of Krishna Or Paint His Leelas And Kridas, They Recreate Vrindavana In Their On Village Square. Krishna Sharingara Reflects And Echoes In Each Leaf And Flower, And Song And Dance Of Odisha. It Is More Vibrant In The Verses Of The Eighteenth Century Banamali Das, Who Wrote A Moving Krishna Poetry. He Celebrated The Many Leelas And Kridas Of Krishna And In Doing So He Experiences Every Hue And Shade Of Krishna Shringara. He Reminds One Of The Works Of Jayadeva And Vidyapati, And Enters The Mind And Heart Of Radha More Than Any Other Poet. Grounded On The Theology Of Chaitanya, He Bountifully Uses Words Such As Ujjala Rasa, Mohajana And Ashta Sakhi, Firmly Establishing Him As Part Of The Gaudiya Tradition. This Volume, While Discussing The Poetic Genius Of Banamali, Portrays The Varied Forms Of Pata Paintings, Associated With The Painters Of Puri. Though The Rasalila Of Krishna And The Gopis Is Their Favourite, The Topic Of Dashavatara Is Very Common In Pata Painting, Displaying A Special Liking For Navagunjara Painting. It Also Contains A Conversation With Sujata Mohapatra, An Accomplished Odissi Dancer, Who Dances To The Compositions Of Banamali Das.