The Calisas are all hymns or religious songs praising God. Just as 18th and 19th centuries were particularly rich periods for the writing and composing of hymns by poets and ecclesiastics in the West, so were these centuries rich for the writing and composing of the Calisas and Aratis by saint-poets in India.
Most English hymns of repute date from 17th to 19th century, their authors being John Keble,NahumTate,Nicholas Brady, John Mason,Neale,Reginald, Heber,Issac Watts,and Charles and John Wesley. Among English-speaking poets of note who have attempted the form one should mention George Herbert, Dryden, Milton, William Blake, William Cowper,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Tennyson and Christina Rossetti.
Though the Hindi Calisas are of much later origin, the Indian hymnody goes back to the Vedas.
To be continued~ Dr R.C.Prasad
Most English hymns of repute date from 17th to 19th century, their authors being John Keble,NahumTate,Nicholas Brady, John Mason,Neale,Reginald, Heber,Issac Watts,and Charles and John Wesley. Among English-speaking poets of note who have attempted the form one should mention George Herbert, Dryden, Milton, William Blake, William Cowper,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Tennyson and Christina Rossetti.
Though the Hindi Calisas are of much later origin, the Indian hymnody goes back to the Vedas.
To be continued~ Dr R.C.Prasad
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