Prabha'ta Sam'giita is a new trend in the  world of music. It is named after its composer Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. In Sanskrit Prabha'ta (pronounced "prabhat") means dawn and Sam'giita (pronounced "sangeet") means song, hence the the compositions are also known as Songs of the New Dawn. They came into being when Prabhata Ranjan Sarkar composed his first song at Deoghar, India on September 14, 1982. Over the span of eight years the treasure of Prabha'ta Sam'giita  grew rich in content, style and variety. On October 20th, 1990, the day before P. R. Sarkar's worldly departure, the number of Prabha'ta Sam'giita stood at a staggering 5018.

     In Prabha'ta Sam'giita one will find a variety of temperaments such as devotional songs, songs of mystical love, songs of social consciousness and ecology, marching songs, songs depicting various stages, feelings and experiences in spiritual meditation, songs on seasons, songs on Krsna and Shiva and many more. The composer used a variety of forms and styles with elements spanning from classical to folk music. 

     Prabha'ta Sam'giita is now a full-fledged school of music with its own distinct style. It has heralded a new dawn in the realm of music and culture. It inspires the singers and listeners to shake off depression, melancholy and fatigue, and generate vitality in life. Novelty, excellence and uniqueness in its inner spirit, rhythm and tempo and melody are the hallmarks of these songs, blended with the view to give a wonderful supra-aesthetic effect to the human  mind.  With its strong sublime ideation and feeling of optimism in reaching one's spiritual goal, Prabha'ta Sam'giita are an embodiment of the inner truth of human life.

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Bandhu A’ma’r Song of Awakening Prabhat Samgiita # 6 Bandhu a‘ma‘r, bandhu a ‘ma ‘r Sona’r a’loy d’ha’ka’, Bhorer pa’khi ut’hlo d’a’ki Pra‘ner para‘g ma‘kha. Kiser tare, kiser d’a’ke Dine ra’te khunji ta’ke Notun a’loy jhalka’ni dey Dola’y notun pa’kha’. (Madhuman’ika’, Deoghar, India 20th Sept., 1982) © RAWA

translation My Paramapurus’a, my Lord Is covered with golden light. The bird of dawn begins to sing Vibrant with new life, Why all this ? In answer to who’s call? Day and night I seek Him The new light sends forth a blaze of effulgence And beats its new wings of joy My Paramapurus’a, My Lord is covered with golden light.

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