December 21, 2023 11:02 am | Updated 11:22 am ISTLike clockwork, Chennai’s Mylapore wakes up to hymns and bhajans every Margazhi. Even as kolams adorn the entrances of most households, many bhajan groups trot around the four Mada streets, singing along the way. “In turn, when they attend concerts during the music season, they take notes about the compositions, ragas and the composers behind it. “The biggest difference between a kutcheri and a veedhi bhajan is that the latter is participative. While the veedhi bhajan tradition is more than 500 years old, having been established by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a Vaishnavite saint, it continues to be in vogue during Margazhi.

Source: The Hindu December 21, 2023 10:04 UTC