Ramana Music

1. What is ‘Ramana Sangitam’ or ‘Ramana Music’?

‘Ramana Sangitam’ is a vast body of music encompassing many streams and styles of the music of India. It may be defined as comprising primarily of:
a) All the poetic works of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in their original Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Sanskrit set to music.
b) All/or a major part of the poetic works on Bhagavan Ramana by spiritual giants like Ganapati Muni, Muruganar and others soaked in the Ramana experience, set to music.
c) The poetic and musical compositions not only of those contemporaneous with Bhagavan but of ‘Post-Nirvana’ devotees as well.
d) Translations of all the above by eminent poets into Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and English, and also a few in Gujarati, Marathi and Malayalam, all set to music.

2. What is the purpose of Ramana Sangitam?

To make the ‘Ramananubhavam’ (‘the Experience of Ramana’) that is crystallized in these poems, available to more and more people.
Because, the simplest way to convey a truth is through a song, that is why the greatest truths are found in poetic form.
Each of the works in Ramana Sangitam and in particular every one of Bhagavan’s poems, has potent mantras imbedded in it. These works have the power to transform life and bestow the highest good. So they have been introduced to the music world (both to singers, right from beginners, and to listeners as well).
The surest way to remember something is to sing it. Therefore, what better way to communicate the highest truths in the poems of Bhagavan and on Him, rather than to sing them?