Unique stringed instruments were adopted to create emotions that complemented the spiritual message being delivered through singing of hymns.
(Yes Yes ! I KNOW that Basant is an intimidatingly difficult Raga to sing and I know that robustness is the only virtue of my rendition, but hey! that's the nice thing about singing without an audience; NOBODY cares how besur you are:-))
Gauri raag is auspicious when it induces meditative contemplation of the Lord ~ [GGS:11]
Even iconic "Kirtanias" of his time like Bhai Mehar, Bhai Lal Senior, Bhai Chand and Bhai Santa Singh, all "Hazoori Ragis" of the Golden Temple in Amritsar held Bhai Jwala Singh in a very high esteem and they listened to his renditions with utmost respect and reverence.
"I want to reintroduce traditional instruments in today's world, which has forgotten the beauty of classical hymns. I teach my students to be the messengers of traditional music"
It was the first time that the Taus was introduced in a competition on a National level by a young Amritdhari Sikh musician
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