Abeer Gulal
Abeer Gulal Questions for which we all know the answers A young man without clothes enters a temple in Gundlupet in Karnataka People mistake him for a Jain monk and fall at his feet Within minutes they come to know he is a Dalit He is hungry and probably disturbed He gets tied to a pole and is beaten up, And paraded through the street as he was Did you ask me which song was playing in the background when this happened? It was Abeer Gulal by Sant Chokha Mela who wrote it seven hundred years ago I think it has been on endless loop since the 14th century Here is the Marathi Abhang and a Kannada translation by your sincerely What do you think, Atmaram Dusan Deak? अबीर गुलाल उधळीत रंग । नाथा घरी नाचे माझा सखा पांडुरंग ॥१॥ उंबरठ्यासी कैसे शिवू आम्ही जाती हीन । रूप तुझे कैसे पाहू त्यात आम्ही दीन । पायरीशी होऊ दंग गावूनी अभंग ॥२॥ वाळवंटी गावू आम्ही वाळवंटी नाचू । चंद्रभागेच्या पाण्याने अंग अंग न्हाऊ । विठ्ठलाचे नाम घेऊ होउनी निःसंग ॥३॥ आषाढी कार्तिकी भक्तजन येती । पंढरीच्या वाळवंटी संत ग