Happy Independence day all!! Hail Ma Bharathi

ragam : Desh, talam: rupakam, composer : Sukanya

Pallavi
bharatambike ..
Bharatakanda nivasini bhaaratavarsa karmadayini (bharathamike)

Anupallavi
chatur bhahu sanyasa rupini
chatura manusyam rakshini
vakra budhi dwamsini putra poutra sukadayini (bharathatmike)

Charanam:
purva disaya vidya dayini
pascima disaya vastra dayini
uthara disaya gyana roopini
daksina disaya annapoorani (Bharathambike)

meaning:
O mother, Bharati, you are the seat of bharatakanda (a subcontinent or petal of jambudwepa mentioned in ancient texts ), you are the fruit bearer/ giver of your land Bharathavarsha.

You are with four hands looking like a mendicant, yet you are the power source to all knowledgeable people , you are the one who gives happiness , wealth and prosperity to your children by destroying bad minded ones

the east holds knowledge ,(hand pointed towards east) holding scriptures, while west gives you respect in the form of clothes/khaadi/hand loom (hand towards western direction holding a cloth symbolizes Ideal civilization and culture ), hand holding a maala which is perpendicular/north symbolizes spirituality and wisdom, also your face facing north symbolizes spirituality and wisdom while south is the giver of annam/ rice bowl of India...Oh Mother..

Happy Independence day to all!!

This is the earliest known painting of Bharat Mata(c.1905) drawn by Abanindranath Tagore (Ravidranath Tagore's nephew).

In this painting, Bharat mata is depicted as a four armed Hindu goddess wearing Sannyasi robes and holding vedas and Mala