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Darn the first couple saved URLs are for videos that have been removed. I did buy one Lakshmi song last year on itunes, my favorite Lakshmi mantra, and it's sti
by Nomentatus 4y ago
Darn the first couple saved URLs are for videos that have been removed. I did buy one Lakshmi song last year on itunes, my favorite Lakshmi mantra, and it's still available (with lovely CGI):
Sri Lakshmi Gayatri Mantra 108 Times | Powerful Mantra For Wealth & Luxuries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugWlHwkOlfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugWlHwkOlfM
Note that I am not in a position to make any kind religious endorsement of this or any other videos! Consider the source!
I'll hit that a lot, but it looks like I'll mostly be tossing "Diwali" and "Lakshmi" into the Youtube search function, perhaps along with you.
PS - I swear that video was available at higher quality last year.
It would be interesting to know the history here, as you say, since there might be, to some degree, a response to Christmas involved amongst the diaspora? Such a response apparently underlies the current Jewish celebrations of Hanukkah.
- qart 4y agoThe combination of "Diwali" and "Lakshmi" makes sense! It's been so long since I attended a Lakshmi worship ritual that I've forgotten what gets chanted. The traditional music is monophonic. The track you linked to definitely a modern re-interpretation. Maybe people are coming up with some seasonal music all around me, and I'm just unaware. The way that Coca Cola re-invented Christmas for Americans, maybe a handful of people are re-inventing Diwali celebrations all around me! To me, all these festivals mean I get to binge on sweets.
- Nomentatus 4y agoLast year there were Bollywood song compilations "for Diwali" around, that were excellent, as well. Since I don't get the words, I wouldn't have known that they weren't (or were) singing about Diwali themes.