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Hanuman Chalisa

The Hanuman Chalisa (Hindi pronunciation: [ɦənʊmaːn tʃaːliːsaː]; Forty chaupais on Hanuman) is a Hindu devotional hymn (stotra) in praise of Hanuman.[2][3][4] It was authored by Tulsidas in the Awadhi language,[2] and is his best known text apart from the Ramcharitmanas.[5][6] Apart from Awadhi, the Hanuman Chalisa is also available in various languages including Sanskrit,[7] Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and Bengali.[8] The word "chālīsā" is derived from "chālīs", which means the number forty in Hindi, as the Hanuman Chalisa has 40 verses (excluding the couplets at the beginning and at the end).[2] A Gulshan Kumar produced rendition of Hanuman Chalisa sung by Hariharan has received more than 2 billion views on YouTube as of June 2022, making it the first devotional song on the platform to achieve this feat.
Hanuman is a devotee of Shri Rama and one of the central characters of the Ramayana. According to the Shaivite tradition, God Hanuman is also an incarnation of God Shiva. Folk tales acclaim the powers of Hanuman.[10] The qualities of lord Hanuman – his strength, courage, wisdom, celibacy, devotion to Lord Rama and the many names by which he was known – are detailed in the Hanuman Chalisa.[10] Recitation or chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa is a common religious practice.[11] The Hanuman Chalisa is the most popular hymn in praise of Hanuman, and is recited by millions of Hindus every day.
The Hanuman Chalisa is recited by millions of Hindus every day,[12] and most practising Hindus in India know its text by heart.[85] The work is known to be popular among people from diverse educational, social, linguistic, musical, and geographical groups.
Classical and folk music
The Hanuman Chalisa is one of the best selling Hindu religious books and has been sung by many popular bhajan, classical and folk singers.[85] The rendition of Hanuman Chalisa by Hari Om Sharan, originally released in 1974 by the Gramophone Company of India and re-released in 1995 by Super Cassettes Industries,[86] is one of the most popular, and is regularly played at temples and homes across Northern India.[85][87] This rendition is based on traditional melodies in the Mishra Khamaj, a raga belonging to the Khamaj That,[86] with the base note taken at the second black key (kali do) of the harmonium.[86] A recording based on the same traditional melodies was released in 1992 by Super Cassettes Industries, with Hariharan as the singer and Gulshan Kumar as the artiste.
Other notable renditions include those by bhajan singers Anup Jalota and Ravindra Jain, Hindustani vocalists Pandit Jasraj and Rajan and Sajan Mishra, and the Carnatic vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi.[86] The renditions by Unni Krishnan, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji and Morari Bapu are also popular.[citation needed.
Among western singers Krishna Das has performed the Hanuman Chalisa in both slow and fast format.
Popular singers who have sung the Hanuman Chalisa include Carnatic singer M. S. Subbulakshmi, as well as Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Shankar Mahadevan, and Udit Narayan.
The Hanuman Chalisa was sung by Amitabh Bachchan in chorus with twenty other singers.[85] This recording was released as a part of the Shri Hanuman Chalisa album in 2011 and received an unprecedented response by the releasing music label during November 2011.
A rendition of Hanuman Chalisa sung by Gulshan Kumar and Hariharan became the first devotional song and first on YouTube to cross 2 billion views in November 2021. It is also currently the most viewed Indian music video on YouTube.
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