Marathi Documents

Welcome to the collection and links for Marathi documents.

Categories

Marathi Folk Songs and Poems	Marathi Learning
Complete Dnyaneshwari	Complete Dasbodh
Marathi Religious texts	Sanskrit Religious texts
Marathi Audio	Marathi Video
Marathi Articles	English Articles
Contributed	Miscellaneous
Various Marathi Links	e-shALA (Marathi School)

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Complete Dnyaneshwari

We are pleased to present here complete etexts of Dnyaneshwari and Dasbodh. The texts are grouped by adhyAya or dashakas. We recommend the use of Unicode Devanagari display or the PDF/PS files.

Thanks to the efforts of Vishwas Bhide of Sangali, and Chhaya and Sharad Deo of Nasik. Thanks also to other volunteers (Sunder Hattangadi, Shree Devi Kumar, etc.) for additional assistance. For enhanced viewing of XDVNG display, please download XDVNGMod fonts.

Dnyaneshwari / bhAvArthadIpikA

• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 01
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 02
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 03
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 04
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 05
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 06
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 07
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 08
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 09
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 10
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 11
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 12
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 13
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 14
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 15
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 16
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 17
• ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - adhyAya 18
• Pasayadan (blessings from God) with Marathi-English meaning
• PS | PDF | HTML - pasAyadAn with English word by word and verse meaning
  

The presentation of the texts in Baraha fonts is available at http://satsangdhara.net site.

An English translation by V. V. Shirvaikar of Dnyaneshwari is available on hinduweb.org. It is mirrored at another site where German translation by Mr D. Platthaus is also given.

Get the PDF ebook English translation of Dnyaneshwari by Manu Subedar Gita Explained; first printed in 1932 - available from Digital Library of India and then OCRed.

Please take advantage of a multimedia presentation on Dnyaneshwari by Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). It is a complete searchable text with Sakhare Maharaj's commentary. The development is sponsored by Sri Guru Sakhare Maharaj Sampradai Yashodhan Publication and Multimedia Creations Team at C-DAC. Fonts need to be installed from the site.

Another translation is available at http://www.vishwatmak.org/ performed by Swami VIshwatmak or more commonly know as Jangli Maharaj. He has also translated Atmaaram, Guru Geeta, Sai Satcharitra, Bhagwad Geeta, Ashtavakra Geeta, Guru Charitra, Dnyaneshwari, Upadesh saar, and Upanishads.

The English translation by Yadri is also available at http://www.bvbpune.org/, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Pune site.

hA hoIla dAna pasAvo at http://hahoildaanpasavo.info is a well-prepared site presentation of 24 lectures on pasAyadAna by Shri Shirish Shantaram KavaDe. His other books are available on bookganga.com.

Prashuram R. Gokhale has prepared a site gharogharI Dnyaneshwariwith 18 adhyAya neatly arranged in PDF files. It includes translation of difficult words, difficult ovIs, and classification and punctuations/markings useful for self study. Shri Gokhale is also planning to present Patanjai yog sutras, Ashthyadhyai of Panini, and Nirukta of Yaska in Marathi translation.

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Complete Dasbodh

• The following encoded texts are grouped by dashakas. We recommend the use of Unicode Devanagari display that allows Devanagari search or the PDF/PS files. (The ITX file would be easier for Roman letter/word search using Itrans notation or reprocessing selected text using Itranslator.)

  Click on the (audio) to listen to the particular dashak. The audio of the entire Dasabodh (selection edited for audio) has been completed by Meena Tapaswi. The recordings are available at archive.org under "Creative Commons" copyright. The unicode Devanagari/Marathi text of portion of audio is colorcoded in the is available upon request. (Send feedback on the audio clips to tapaswimeena at gmail.com.)

• Another complete audio is preapred by http://geetagurukul.org/download.htm by Shri Dilip Apte based on Gitapress copy.
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka-samAsa sUchi
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - namana
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 01 : stavana (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 02 : mUrkhalakShaNa (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 03 : svaguNaparIkShA (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 04 : navavidhA bhakti (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 05 : ma.ntrA.nchA (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 06 : devashodhana (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 07 : chaudA brahmA.nchA (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 08 : mAyodbhava athavA j~nAnadashaka (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 09 : guNarUpa (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 10 : jagajjyotI (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 11 : bhImadashaka (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 12 : vivekavairAgya (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 13 : nAmarUpa (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 14 : akhaNDadhyAna (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 15 : Atmadashaka (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 16 : saptatinvaya (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 17 : prakR^iti puruSha (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 18 : bahujinasI (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 19 : shikavaNa (audio)
  • ITX | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC - dashaka 20 : pUrNanAma (audio)

• A similar presentation of the complete Dasabodh is available at http://satsangdhara.net sites along with Dnyaneshwari and Eknathi Bhagwat, and Valmiki Ramayan.

• shrImad dAsabodh - marAThI gadyarupAntarAsahit are available in two parts on scribd, complete samAs 1-8 (335 pages) and samAs 9-20 (321 pages). These are individually scanned and posted by eko.aham.

• Shri Vijay Chitgopkar from Nagpur has prepared a Windows based software tool of complete Dasboth with its verse and word indices. Here is the procedure : Download dasbodh2 from eDasbodh on Sudhan Sanganak Pranali or mirror1, mirror2. , unzip it by double clicking, extract all in a folder. In its own DASBODH2 folder, double click on DAS.EXE and you will hear an instrumental audio clip with a fullscreen display of "shukAsArikhe pUrNa vairAgya ...." verse. Browse around to familiarize with the organizational details. If you have any questions, write to Shri Vijay Chitgopkar on his email address vijaychitgopkar @at@ gmail dot com .

• A complete shrImat grantharAj dAsabodha is available at http://www.dasbodha.org in scanned images based format with selectable sections. The book is categorized for pArAyaN, marked so with dashak and samAs. The scans are of high quality. The site works well with Internet Explorer (needs QuickTime plugin for page start-up clips.) It is developed by Satkaryottejak Sabha, Vagdevata Mandir at Dhule.

• Join the patrAdvAre dAsabodha abhyAsakrama at samarthramdas400.in, a site celebrating 400th birth year anniversary of Swami Ramdas. The site has details of a three years' correspondence course in Marathi for self-study of Dasabodh. (The same text promoting the self study is available at manogat online group web-site.) The course is administered by Shri Samartha Seva mandal, Sajjangad with the help of local chapters.

  The site http://www.samarthramdas400.in also has excellent downloadable collection of books (mulrilingual) and articles, and long audio and video clips of scholars.

  Sign up for the correspondence course by filling up the Pravesh patra as a firm contract (sankalpa?) with yourself to pursue this whole-heartedly. The textbooks are given below, used as a guidance, and commit yourself for the important and memorable life-time event. [Older (O) scan-file size is shown in megabytes (Mb). Download only to participate or study, not just for the collection.]

  First Year - pravesha	svAdhyAya and bhAvArtha (samAs and 12 Question Set) O1 5.6Mb	O2 7Mb
  Second Year - parichaya	svAdhyAya (samAs and 12 Question Set) O1 8.6Mb	bhavArtha (Of related samAs) O2 7Mb
  Third Year - prabodha	svAdhyAya (samAs and 12 Question Set) O1 12Mb	bhavArtha (Of related samAs) O2 9.4Mb

  The course is offerred by
  

  Shreemad Shree Grantharaj Dasabodh Adhyayan Samitee,
  ShreeSamartha Society, Near Dhanvantari Sabhagruha,
  Patwardhan Baug, Pune- 411004
  Contact Number Shri Ganu - +919604302998, email Mr. Vitekar or info@samarthramdas400.org
  
  This is a non profit organisation for the social work and creating spiritual literacy in today's youth. There is no course fee or admission fee; the fee is the willingness! All the six books cost about Rs.75+ together and are made available here at no cost.

• A series of articles covering philosphy in Dasbodh dAsabodhAtIl tattvadnyAn is available at http://vacanamrut.googlepages.com/. This and many other related articles are written by Prof. K. V. Apte; see pustak va lekhakAbaddal in the dAsabodhAtIl tattvadnyAn section.

• Pravachan audio by Dr. Sushama Tai Watve, pravachan Dasbodh ADhAvA. (57.5 m).

• Visit Swaroopyog Pratishthan site for lectures and articles by Swami Madhavanand, Dr. Madhav Nagarkar. Use Marathi section and click on the Dasbodh to get to the current article in Dasbodh Swadhyay series. The archived, well presented articles in this series, starting from the first in January 2005, are available. The English section has similar articles starting from March 2005.

• Dasbodh study has taken a modern turn :
  A new 12-session webinar series has been started on Saturday, January 16, 2010 (till April 3, 2010) to study Dasbodh with Shri Arvind Apte. The webinar is organized by Amar Kanade, Kedar Phanse, and volunteers. Register for it from https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/149238753, listen, and participate. The webinar files are available at archive.org in various video formats.
  Sessions (audio and coordinated slides) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
  The slides are also available separately : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
  See also corresponding newsletters 1-8.
  Contact Dasbodh.forum@gmail.com for other details .

  Sign up for the planned 8-session webinars for Sanskrit Subhshitas for Sunday evenings (8:30 PM CST, IST 7am next day) starting on 28th March 2010 through May 16th. Details and signup page are available at sanskritsubhashita page. Sessions will be delivered by Dr. Saroja Bhate. She was Head of the Sanskrit Department at University of Pune and is currently an honarary secretary at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI). She has authored and coauthored several books, articles and delivers lectures worldwide. To get a brief overview of her work, please visit the following link Saroja Bhate.

• Read extracts from Dasbodh and Manache shlok translated by Dhananjay Kadwane.

• The Ramdasanche samagra grantha parts are available in scanned books form in part 1 (13 bhImarUpI stotre, junA dAsbodh, pa.nchake, prAsa.ngik etc.) and part 2, which includes Dasbodh.

• In an attempt to present everything related to Dasbodh at one stop, a web site http://www.dasbodh.com is devoted to Dasbodh and literature of Samartha Ramadas Swami. The well presented collection includes scanned books and texts gathered from various places over a long period.

• An official websitea of Shri Ramdas Swami Sansthan at Sajjangad is at http://www.samartharamdas.com. Among other information and gellery, it has a list of centers and people involved in the activities at various places.

• Read the English translation of Dasbodh at scribd.com OR same from sadgurubhagwanshreedharswamimaharaj.com written by Mr. K. V. Belsare.

• Get a deeper understanding of management principles and implementation from Dasbodh from a book : Sprinklings Of Management From Dasbodh written by Mr. W. G. Tambwekar. His other book is "Dasbodh : An Elixir of Human Excellence."

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Marathi poems and folk songs

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF UNIC - bho.nDalyAchI gANI.n
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shUra shipAI
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - yA bALA.nno by bhA\. rA\. tAMbe
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - maraNA.nta kharokhara jaga jagate.n by bhA\. rA\. tAMbe
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - mAtR^ibhUmIprata by bhA\. rA\. tAMbe
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - rikAme madhughaTa by bhA\. rA\. tAMbe
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - sAya.nkALachI shobhA by bhA\. rA\. tAMbe
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - mahArAShTra povADA by vasa.nta bApaTa
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - samateche.n he.n tuphAna uThale.n by vi.ndA kara.ndIkara
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - mana vaDhAya vaDhAya by bahinabai
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - raghunandana sA.nvaLA
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - auduMbara
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - bhillAchA pora
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - parikathe.ntila rAjakumArA
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - jagAchA nyAya
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - jANIva
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - kALa (goindAgraja)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - divALI (goindAgraja)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - jagUn bagh
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - pAnipatachA phaTakA (goindAgraja)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - kavIchA vadhuuvarA.ns Aher (goindAgraja)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - lokamAnyAsa bhAratavarShAchA AshIrvAda (govindAgraja)
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - astAchala
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - auduMbara kavitA rasagrahaNa
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - kevaLa mAjhA sahyakaDA bApaTa
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - kuNAchyA khA.ndyAvara
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - povADA, mahArAShTra bApaTa
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - upadeshapara phaTakA
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - svAta.ntrya devIchI vinavaNI kusumAgraja
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - maraNA.nta kharokhara jaga jagate.n
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - samateche.n he.n tuphAna uThale.n kara.ndIkara
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - yA bALA.nno tAmbe
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - rAnAta ekaTecha paDalele phUla
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - vajrapuruSha
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - sR^iShTIche chamatkAra
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - sukhaduHkhAMchyA dvaitAmadhunI (givindAgraja)

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  Marathi audio

• Visit http://www.eprasaran.com/, an innovative approach to Marathi internet radio. The programs are presented live as well streamed from archive. The items include kathA-kathan, Geetanjali, ApalI AwaD, svarasandhyA, Raga based melody scape, gappA-goShTii, and question answers.

• Visit shatataarakaa, a collection of Marathi songs (by Sachin Tatke) with links to Audio.

• A well organized and large (over 2450) collection of Marathi songs audio with lyrics Aathavanitli Gani (Memorable Songs) at aathavanitli-gani.com conceived, crafted, and cared by Alka Tattu. The songs are grouped by titles, musician, movies, play, Raga, and types.

• Also, get 1111 Marathi songs (at www.marathiworld.com) categorized by Singer, Lyrics, Musician, and first line gANI gaLyAtalI ....manAtalI

• Vaksudha

• Marathi songs and lyrics links. An organized collection from postings at Maayboli.

• Over the phone conversation with Vaidya Dharmadhikari on milk consumption in Ayurveda, 1, 2.

• Discourses on Kathopanishad in Marathi by Dr. Shrikrishna Deshmukh, ten days conversation in June 2006.

• esnips.com, Various marAThI audio and books. For example, Marathi Kathakathan. Use and see the right side list for the link. "What's Hot eSnips dOwNlOaDeR allow popups."

• scribd.com, search for marathi to get a treasure trove of Marathi books, audio and video clips.

• http://www.musicindiaonline.com for Marathi audio. Use for downloading instructions.

• youtube.
• Online extraction of audio from Youtube video OR use Real Player Converter, part of Real Player, to MP3 output.

• Bolti Pustake, a blog at http://boltipustake.blogspot.com/ for Marathi Audio Books in MP3 format. Some of the books are Agarkar darshan, amol goShTI (Sane Guruji), Dasbodh, Goshti Isapachya, and more which are read by many volunteers.

• Listen to audio clips of lectures on Ramayana in Marathi by Niveditadidi, 7-days series.

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  Marathi Video

• Radhadhara Madhumilinda prepared by Sudhir Joglekar.

• Veer Savarkar, ten part lecture series by Ram Shevalakar.

• mana karA re prasanna in two short video parts by Dr. Sanjay Upadhye. See also on Duality, mAya mhaNatA mhaNatA, gappAShTak.
• Gulabrao Maharaj, two part lectures by Ram Shevalakar. This is part of a Shri Gulabrao Maharaj Sahitya Sammelan which included other speakers like Alka Indapwar, Anjali Khare, Vijay Bhatkar.

• Four part interview of Satyajit Padhye, ventriloquist (son of Ramdas Padhye) on youtube. Such video's are linked from Marathi video selction on vidsurf.net.

• Video clips of Marathi songs and Arati sung by Ramanian musicians following Sahaja Yoga Marg, founded by Mata Nirmala Devi (pUrvAShramIchyA Nirmala Salve from Yeotmal). Clips 1, 2, 3, 4 and more.

• Six part audio-video presentation of Manache Shloka

• Bhajans by Gayathri and Ranjani, video viThobA chalA mandirAta Rag Yaman, sakhA mAjhA nArAyaNa in Gujari Todi (minus pa?), bolAvA viThThala, Rag Bhatiyaa, bhUta moThe, Rag chandrakauns. Also listen to their Tukaram abhanga Mand, Kapi.

• ekmev.com, the site for information on Ganesh festival with audio and video clips. The gues is that the site is not popular because of the "registration" policy and incorrect transliteration of the word ekameva, "one and only", with possible angling for commercial approach.

• Video Marathi asmitA, abhimAn gIt, Sung by 300+ well known singers and celebrities.

• Four part video clips of Shivajirao Bhosale Vyakhyan : Samarth Ramdas.

• Five part Shivaji Maharaj Vyakhyan by Prof Nitin Bangude Patil.

• Thirteen part Avinash Dharmadhikari's vyAkyAn.

• Multipart inspirational speech by Vishwas Nangare Patil.

• Five part vyAkyAn by Vaidya Shree Anant Dharmadhikari Mumbai, charaka nirupaNam.

• Ustream.tv, 2010 Marathi sAhitya pariShad

• Tendulkar mulAkhat, a documentary and candid interview in reference to play gidhADa. (1hr 43min). http://www.rajshrimarathi.com
• , sa.ndhyAsUktA.nchaayAtrik, a documentary on Grace, A thoughtful Poet (59min) and Part 2 The Wonders of Poet Grace (53 min) . http://www.rajshrimarathi.com
• A documentary on Journey of Lord Pandhari (42min.) http://www.rajshrimarathi.com
• kAvyAnubhav. http://www.rajshrimarathi.com
• Maitra-Jeevache Interview of Lata Mangeshkar with questions from Hridayanath Mangeshkar.
• Marathi short films. http://www.rajshrimarathi.com
• andha shraddhA nirmulan, Narendra Dabholkar questioning Narendra Maharaj, Interviews with Narendra Dabholkar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and story of Gadge Baba on Khupte tithe Gupte.
• Two part documentary on ALandyA Do.ngarAchI goShTa, parts 1 and 2 filmed and produced by Sumant Joshi. (English parts 1 and 2.

• vimeo.com, search for Marathi, specifically
  • Haswaa Haswee - Standup Comedy Ubhya Ubhya Vinod posted by Subhash Limaye, (performer unknown)
  • gurhAL of Shri Dalvi, Prayag Chikhali, Kolhapur, a jaggery production plant, filmed and commentary by Nilabh Umredkar and Tanmay Padalikar.
  • Mai by Nishant Ghadge, poem by Santosh Khavle.
  • Ganpati Bappa Moraya! by Mayuri Panse, also Jagruti.
  • Photostory Medicinal Plants Conservation Centre, India by Equator Initiative.
  • Where are we to walk? by Shweta Parisar.
  • Growing up with Marathi by Satee Bhave. Watch Shri Anil Avachat busy playing with his grand child and narrating traditional Marathi practices.
  • Parichi Shala four part series of teaching Marathi planned and produced by Anuradha Ganu, a commendable effort.
  • Videos of Ravi Deshpande, Adfilmmaker, Scritptwriter, Pune.
  • lAkh molAchI goShTa, a Marathi adaptation of Story of Stuff originally by Annie Leonard. Lakhmalachi Gosht : Produced by Arvind Gupta, Directed by Sameer Shipurkar, Translation Abhijeet Deshpande, Narration Parna Pethe, Editing Anjali Chipalkatti.
  • Biographical Film on Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj - Nirgunache Bheti - Tatvamasi (99 min).
• Watch Sanjya Ranade's unique renderings of video songlines, "an audio visual mirroring of a fragment of reality. The videos are unedited and untampered except the frame that is a necessary limitation of the format itself."

  
  Other languages

• Vanmala, Remembering Tai Atya (Shyamchi Aai actress) by Mandakini Mathur (see also River Goddess 17m). (21m)
• Annual Program without Frontiers.
• Clean Sweep (YouTube) or Clean Sweep (vimeo), | A Short Film by Sheetal Petkar (with subtitles).
• Hindi Rukmini
• Extraordinary dance performance by children at IIT Kharagpur Spring festival 2011.
• Raga bageshri instrumental music, Flute,sitar,tabla, a historic sitar concert titled Brahm Naad in New Delhi in Nov 2008, which brought together 1094 sitar exponents on one stage, got Guinness Book of World Record. Also see Antarnaad Jan 12th 2010, where 27000 (2750 classical singers) people were on stage singing Ganesh Arati, Maa Basant Aayo Re - Raag basant Bahar, Ho Yahi Gunjan Sa Mann Me - Raag Desh,
• Prayers to Three Yogis, To know is to remember..... by Piyush Shah.
• Your Secret by Jean-Sebastien Monzani. Also, Unspoken Word.
• Between Bears by Eran Hilleli.
• Gujarati Navin Khatri, astitva by Mustaqeem Khan, Found Green, 2006 by Neha Choksi, Moseti by Junuka Deshapande .
• The life and work of the famous Indian Architect Balkrishna Doshi by Hinterland films, see other parts also.
• "City of Lakes, a feature film by Pacific Pictures.
• Yonder by Emilia.
• Two Men directed by Dominic Allen.
• The Shoe Tree by Ian Cottage.
• Shortcut, Matt Barlow takes a circuitous journey. Trials biking - Welsh style.
• The Bus.
• 10 minutes.
• On Time.
• The Door.
• On the Other Side.
• Pass it on when you're done with it.
• Award winning Indian ad for a cause- Hostel/Holi.
• Auto Rickshaw, Ignorance of the ability brings disability.
• An ad.
• Japp.
• Heaven can wait.
• Shishir Sathe's music video collection.
• This is India, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 by Helmut Stach. Cities of the world, Mumbai by Helmut Stach. Bandish: Indian Classical Music Show- Anjali Joshi on Santoor Ravi Brighton on Tabla. (http://www.anjalijoshi.org, http://www.ravialbright.com) Listen to chAphA bolenA, kuhU kuhU bole loyaliyA, and other popular songs as well. Presented by Brandon Mcintosh of http://www.kaliproductions.org. (58m) Bandish: Indian Classical Music with Satyajit Limaye pn Basuri. Presented by Brandon Mcintosh of http://www.kaliproductions.org. (58m) This is karma, by Erling Hoveid. (11m)

• Meals ready, a short film by Nithuna Dinesh.

• Peacock Dance, a rare view.

• http://cultureunplugged.com has documentaries Raga of Narmada River, Kumar and Kabir (Koi-Sunta Hai), Kabir,

• Thirst on http://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/thirst

• Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting on http://ted.com and an article on esamskriti.

• Kalady: The Triumph of Faith Over Time, birthplace of Shankaracharya (1:32 hr). See also 33rd Jagadguru of Sringeri, Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharati Mahaswamiji who established Shankara Jayanti at Kalady. (Presentation in Sanskrit by Jagadguru Bharathi Theertha.) http://www.jagadgurus.org/ Explore biographies, audio and video clips.

  If you find any notable videos, please let us know.

• A set of videos on Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge in Hinduism, parts 1, 2, 3 OR full OR full-google.

• Vedic Science.

• Take the world from another point of view, lectures by Richard P. Feynman.
• http://www.enlightenment-downloads.blogspot.com/, "Your own consciousness is what matters most."
• Swami Vivekananda and mother Kali, how Swamiji could not ask Goddess Kali money and wealth. Instead he asked for - bhakti, gyan, vivek, and vairagya, from a Bengali movie. See also Swami Vivekananda links on Wikipedia. (Tapas Datta at www.owasfilms.com is planning to make a movie on Swami Vivekananda "One Without A Second" to be released in year 2013. The site has flash-file presentations and links to articles.) Additionally, visit belurmath and http://www.vivekananda.net/ sites for plenty of information on Vivekananda,
• Aghori, living with the dead, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
• Supernatural revealed in India, andhashraddhA nirmulan.
• http://indiaunheard.videovolunteers.org/ appears excellent collection for Indian subjects.(Puppetry promotes public cleanliness, Narmada land at last.) Video Volunteers is an international media organization empowering the voices of the world.s unheard communities.
• Akshya Patra, India school lunch program.
• An Afghan fold song from Kabul Transit, nice tune and with English subtitles.
• Rajarani Music Festival, three parts video of Live Musical Performance on 18th-20th January 2012, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  • Day 1 : Part 1 : Inauguration, and Odishi concert by Vijay Kumar Jena and Rama Hari Dash (Mary Bihag; 3 Odishi compositions);
  • Day 1 : Part 2 : Carnatic Sangeet by O. S. Arun (vAtApi gaNapatiM bhaje.aham, Endaro mahanubhavulu, Raga Varamu Ranganatha-Tamil 1:09, Namadev Abhanga - Raga Megha - he go viThThale bhakta jana vatsale 1:34, taka dhim - Kamakshi, Tamil - tarANA); Art work by Baladev Maharatha.
  • Day 2 : Damodar Hota (Raga Kokila/Bhupali, Jagannatha Vandana-Chaturanga Odisi, Kalicharana Pattanayak's Tribhanga, Natakalyani/Chandrakauns Shivavandana, Orisi dhun, Raga Mishra Pilu Upendrabhanja's Aja kara kautiki, Kirwani(?) vanamAli gara);
    Carnatic instrumental Violin concert Duet by Kumar S. G and Ganesh S. G. (Mayamalavagowda, various compositions) Art work by Baladev Maharatha.
  • Odisi Mardala Ensemble lead by Dhaneshwar Swain (mArdala piece, vAdyasa.ngama); Vocal duet Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra (Raag Bageshri vilambita ekatAla kavana gata bhai mori piyA na puChe ekahu.N bAr, tarANA, dR^ita khyAl ) at 1:32
• Corruption and India, different versions of multitude of problems, Jaag India by Santosh GL, India Against Corruption, tell the truth, no exchange of bribes, work sincerely, Seeking Truth, corruption in India 1 A day in Life, 2 Integrity, Let us break the chain, 3 Anti-corruption, 4 We, The Corrupt Indians, 5, 6 Grassroot to Government 2, 7 Lifestyle, 8 Say no, 9 We are Corrupt, and so on.
• A collection of short films at http://www.digitalhimalaya.com, University of Cambridge, Uniteg Kingdom. Watch trailers at Shining Spirit, and heart wrenching Punam.
• Deutche Wunderland.
• Tibetan Yoga Masters, Parts 1, 2, 3.
• Pune city exploration.
• India Video at indiavideo.org, launched in 2007 in association with UNESCO, New Delhi, has in store thousands of text and videos on Indian subjects, which will be of interest to people from different walks of life. The videos are categorized with States and Union territories, and subjects like Ayurveda,Lifestyle,Dress,Dance,Yoga,Travel,Jewelry
• Tele-serial Upanishad Ganga, on every Sunday morning 10-10:30 on Doordarshan network DD1 starting on March 11, 2012. "Let the knowledge of the Upanishads flow uninterrupted like the Ganga and touch the hearts of everyone."
• Manufactured Landscapes, an eyeopener (but depressing) documentary. Also see 60 Minutes CBS program on The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh.
• Water Makes Money.
• Gangapedia at http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/. This is an effort to make people aware of the "Mission : Clean Ganga," and to promote (i) river must continuously flow (Aviral Dhaara), (ii) river must not be seen as a carrier of waste loads (Nirmal Dhaara), (iii) river must have longitudinal and lateral connectivity, (iv) river must have adequate space for its various functions, (v) river must function as an ecological entity. The information is categorised as Library, gBlog, gWiki, News, Events, Videos, Photos, Music.
• Hindi discourses by Osho (Rajneesh)

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Marathi Learning

• Marathi e-shALA and links
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - bArAkhaDI
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - devanAgarI uchchAra paddhata
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - Multiplication tables (pADhe)
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - Multiplication tables - English
• TXT | PS | XDVNG - Marathi English Dictionary. The text file is a compilation. For more authentic dictionary, please see the The Aryabhusan school Marathi-English online dictionary, digitized at University of Chicago online collection, originally (1911) written by Shridhar Ganesh Vaze and Molesworth's digitized Marathi-English dictionary. Also see webinterface to Hindi and Marathi dictionaries and other utilities developed as a part of Resource Center for Indian Language Technology Solutions at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Mumbai).
• The Marathi Alphabet with real audio and .wav files for those wanting to learn Marathi/Hindi/Sanskrit pronunciation letter by letter.

• Marathi English Primer, excellent preparatory book by Ganesh Hari Bhide, 1901 edition at archive.org.
• mAhArAShTra bhASheche vyAkaraNa by Dadoba Pandurang, 1850 edition.
• Bharatiya Bhasha Jyoti, a division of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), has provided an excellent learning resource. Through conversation in Hindi, one can learn Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, and Oriya.

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  Marathi religious texts

• Marathi Arati Collection
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC | GIF - chAngadevapAsaShTI
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC | GIF - amRitAnubhava
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - advaita pratyaya (latIf shah)
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - akkalakoTa swAmI stotra
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - AryAvR^itta gItA (moropanta)
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - shrI vya.nkaTesha stotra in Marathi
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG | UNIC | GIF - devIupaniShad with Marathi meaning (Sanskrit)
• Pasayadan or prononuced pasAydan (blessings from God) with Marathi-English meaning
• PS | PDF | HTML - pasAyadAn with English word by word and verse meaning

  haripaaTha & abhang

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shrI pa.ncharatna haripATha
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - haripatha-ekanatha
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - haripatha-GyAneshvara
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - haripatha-namadeva
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - haripatha-nivritti
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - haripatha-tukArAma
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - hari bolA - A work by Ekanath
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG | GIF - sa.nta tukArAma yA.nche sA.nkhaLIche abha.nga
• TXT | PS | PDF sa.nta tukaaraama yaa.nche saa.nkhaLiiche abha.nga - 2 columns
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - tATIche abha.nga (muktAbA_I)

  shrii samartha raamadaasa svaamii kR^ita

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - AtmArAma
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - bhImarUpI stotra (ebooks)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - karuNAShTake (Audio Pravachan)
• TXT | PS | PDF | html - manAche shloka (1, ).
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - manAche shloka - 3 columns
• TXT | PS | XDVNG - manAche shloka - English Translation
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - manAche shloka - with verse & word meanings
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - rAma ma.ntrAche shloka
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - rAma ma.ntrAche shloka - with meanings
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - rAma ma.ntrAche shloka - with meanings in 2 columns

  Other Marathi texts and kavitA

• ma.ngaLAgaurI pUja (svayampurohit), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG | GIF | - savAI by Jayant Madge
• See comprehensive scanned books at scribd under eko.aham and marAThI mandaL carefully prepared by Vishwas Bhide (see an article about his activities in a news item marAThIchyA bhaviShyAchA vishvAs.)

  See also documents scanned and uploaded by Shri Hemant Moghe of Baroda.

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  Sanskrit religious texts

  Sanskrit Scriptures

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - gaNesha stotra (praNamya shirasA devaM)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - rAmarakshAa(with meanings)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - atharvashIrSha(with meanings)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shivamAnasapUjA(with meanings)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - dattAtreya stotra
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - lakshmIstotra(with meanings)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - sUryanamaskAra mantra-s
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - navagraha stotra (with meaning, also booklet with Marathi)
• TXT | PS | PDF | XDVNG - bhagavadgItA ( related links, gita-foundation audio, yatharthgeeta.com audio and book with commentary.
• Sanskrit Documents Site
• Satyanarayana Puja

  Other Sanskrit texts

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shiva stuti
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shiva raxA stotra (sanskrit)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - bhArata stotra (sanskrit)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - ekatmatA stotra (sanskrit)

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  Marathi articles

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - mahArAShTra dharma, lekhak, prA\. rAma shevALakara
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - kAhI marAThI mhaNI (mhaNi collection)
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - Ana.ndAchA ka.ndaharI , lekhak, pA.nDura.ngashAstrI AThavale
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shrI samartha rAmadAsa svAmi's letter to Sambhaji
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - ameriketIla ek anubhava
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - Samartha Ramadasa on Poetry and Poets
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - shrIdAsabodhe shrotestavana nAma samAsa
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - vasa.nta pa.nchamI pA.nDura.ngashAstrI AThavale
• ITX | PS | PDF | GIF - svAmI vivekAna.ndA.nnA TiLakA.nchI shraddhA.njalI

  Biographies - Also see under external links

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - TiLak --- bhAg 1 is sa.nkshipta parichaya B. G. Tilak
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - TiLak --- bhAg 2 is gItArahasya prastAvanA
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - Samartha Ramadas Swami, a biography
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - V. N. Bhatkhande, Wise Scholar-chatura paNDita, a biography
• DOC A short biographical sketch of Santa Tukavipra by Vivek Vinayak Vipra. (Word document needs Kiran font, PDF). See also Abhangas of Haripath and aaratiis composed by Santa Tukavipra and a picture of ekamukhii dattaatreya from Pandharpur.

  Complete Tukaram Gatha is available at www.tukaram.com whenever it is up and running. The page is translated is several languages.

  Scanned articles

• JPG - Aj ulaTalI sAThI ajunI chALisa apulyA hAtI (Dattaprasad Dabholkar)
• JPG - mUlyavyavasthechA visar (Ram Shevalkar)
• PDF - laharIpaNAlA manahI pratisAd dete (Anil Avachat)
• PDF - athak parishram ANi vishvAs (Sanjeev Abhyankar)
• PDF - sakArAtmak dR^iShTikon (G. P. Pradhan)
• JPG Nibandha : abhyAsa Ek Chanda : pU la 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• JPG mulAkhat : chandrachUD 1, 2, 3
• Articles by Shivajirao Bhosale, Guruji, Swami Vivekananda series.

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  English articles

• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - Marathi: The Language and it's linguistic Traditions
• TXT | PS | XDVNG - The Mystic Poets of Maharashtra
• TXT | PS | PDF | GIF - Domesticated Birds (English translation of pALiva pakshI by Pu.La.)

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  Contributed

  • kavitA
    • Shubhada Sachin Apte : AlA kShaNa soniyAchA, chimaNAbAI, AAI hotAnA, bheTa sayAnchI, prem, mAge vaLUni pAhatA.
    • Sahyadrila_visaru_nako
    • shALet jAyachay
    • gele anek divas
    • haravalA Ahe, Amit Avekar.
    • mI mAzA, chango (Chandrashekhar Gokhale).
    • hanuMan.
    • Counting numbers in tens from 1 to 10 raised to 96. ekaM, dashaM, shataM, sahasraM, up to 96 zeros on 1!

  • Maharashtra dina Govindagraja, Kolhatkar
  • pulopadesh
  • Rangayan 2003, Rangoli pradarshan.
  • chinTu comics.
  • Sudhir Moghe
  • marAThI ashI shikavA
  • marAThI bhAShA shikShaN
  • mojUn-mApun kokaNastha, Sudhir Gadgil.
  • poTbhar hasA
  • tech te
  • Marathi ovI and abha.nga information 1, 2, Jnandev Studies I and II, p35.
  • kha.nDobAchI AratI.
  • Ahnik Sutravali
  • Audio of Evening prayers/Sayam-shloka prepared by Meena Murari Tapaswi are uploaded on archive.org under the "Shloka and Bhaktigeet". They are categorized differently and include Sanskrit and Marathi stotras and shlokas. Some clips for Bhaktiyog and Swadhyay Parivar are included. Find their text/lyrics in the following links. Devi, Vishnu, Ram, Krishna, Shiva and Hanuman, Guru, Ganesha, Miscellaneous/Sankeerna.

• The Scale of the Universe, a flash game on http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347

• Baby getting the bottle on a slide at http://www.metacafe.com/watch/202571/get_the_bottle/ and read comments on the video.

• Scans of old calendar art (list) including Ravi Varma's paintings, scanned by Desiraju H. Rao, Hyderabad.

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Miscellaneous information