<p>‘Vande Bharatamataram’, an Independence day video, by Bharatiya Samagana Sabha, Shankarapura, brings together chants and mantras with arresting visuals.</p>.<p>A Kanyakumari has composed and directed its music. The video is a “team effort”, says R R Ravishankar, chairman of the sabha. It took around 45 days to complete it, he adds.</p>.<p>Ravishankar says he was inspired to create the video after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the glories of ancient India. “The one-minute video commemorates our country’s 75th Independence Day. The shlokas in it are taken from Vishnu Purana. The video explains the meanings of the shlokas and our daily practices.”</p>.<p>The Vishnu Purana is believed to be about 2,500 to 3000 years old. </p>.<p>One can see both “translation and transliteration” of shlokas in the video, says Ravishankar.</p>.<p>“As the chanting happens, one can see the connected visuals too,” he says.</p>.<p>For instance, when the lyrics say ‘Bharatmata’ is being washed by the Indian Ocean, and how the Himalayan range is her crown, clippings of the Ocean and the mountains appear.</p>.<p>The video will be released on DD Chandana, Public TV and on Bharatiya Samagana Sabha’s official YouTube channel on August 15.</p>
<p>‘Vande Bharatamataram’, an Independence day video, by Bharatiya Samagana Sabha, Shankarapura, brings together chants and mantras with arresting visuals.</p>.<p>A Kanyakumari has composed and directed its music. The video is a “team effort”, says R R Ravishankar, chairman of the sabha. It took around 45 days to complete it, he adds.</p>.<p>Ravishankar says he was inspired to create the video after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the glories of ancient India. “The one-minute video commemorates our country’s 75th Independence Day. The shlokas in it are taken from Vishnu Purana. The video explains the meanings of the shlokas and our daily practices.”</p>.<p>The Vishnu Purana is believed to be about 2,500 to 3000 years old. </p>.<p>One can see both “translation and transliteration” of shlokas in the video, says Ravishankar.</p>.<p>“As the chanting happens, one can see the connected visuals too,” he says.</p>.<p>For instance, when the lyrics say ‘Bharatmata’ is being washed by the Indian Ocean, and how the Himalayan range is her crown, clippings of the Ocean and the mountains appear.</p>.<p>The video will be released on DD Chandana, Public TV and on Bharatiya Samagana Sabha’s official YouTube channel on August 15.</p>
