The album offers the chance for many listeners to become acquainted with Carnatic tradition, which is, regrettably, still less popular among mainstream North American and European audiences than its sister tradition in North India of Hindustani Classical music.
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In this recording we hear songs venerating Shakti, the divine feminine energy, the playful God Krishna; Murugan, the patron diety of the southern Indian state of Tamilnadu; Saraswathi goddess of music and learning; and Lord Shiva, the great ascetic. Bhakti yoga -the "yoking" (as the word "yoga" literally means)of a spiritual seeker of the divine through this devotional path -is what singer Aruna Sairam celebrates in this extraordinary album, which unites, poetry, language, and music from across centuries and from across India itself.