Shyama Sangeet & Ramprasadi | শ্যামা সঙ্গীত ও রামপ্রসাদী | Devotional Song | VOL 1
Shyama Sangeet & Ramprasadi | শ্যামা সঙ্গীত ও রামপ্রসাদী | Bengali Devotional Song
Bangla music contains all kinds of musical forms within itself, from classical to folk and pop to devotional. One of the most popular genres of the music comprises of ’devotion’. Out of the entire devotional genre of Bengali music, the most heard and most praised one is Shyama Sangeet. Loved by people of all age groups, because of the beauty of its presentation, this class of devotional music is specifically dedicated to Goddess Kali, who is also known as ’Shyama’ in West Bengal.
Also known as Shaktagiti, Shyama Sangeet developed in 12th-13th century, when Shaktism philosophy started having a grip on Bengal. Many famous poets of that time wrote beautiful devotional songs, to pay their respect to Kali Ma, the Hindu Goddess of Power. Shyama Sangeet gained popul