Chalisa

Vaman Chalisa praises Vishnu’s dwarf manifestation and repeatedly returns to the three strides associated with…

Narasimha Chalisa praises Vishnu’s man-lion form through the rescue of Prahlada and the fall of Hiranyakashipu…

Parshuram Chalisa praises the son of Jamadagni and Renuka as an ascetic warrior and a manifestation of Vishnu.…

Vishwakarma Chalisa honours the divine architect through construction, craft, tools, machines, buildings, vehi…

Ravidas Chalisa narrates a devotional life of Sant Ravidas through his family, Ramananda, debates in Kashi, Ga…

Dattatreya Chalisa praises the Lord as son of Atri and Anasuya, the united Trimurti, the primordial guru, and…

Gorakhnath Chalisa approaches the Nath guru as an immortal guide, yogi, inner witness, and compassionate prote…

Tejaji Chalisa celebrates a Rajasthan folk hero through courage, truthfulness, protection of cattle, the keepi…

Gogaji Chalisa is a long narrative hymn from the devotional world of Rajasthan and the Bagad region. It praise…

Ramdev Ji Chalisa tells a sequence of regional devotional narratives about Baba Ramdev Ji: his birth in Ajmal’…

Salasar Balaji Chalisa is a place-centred Hanuman hymn. It praises Salasar as a sacred destination, recounts t…

Vindhyeshwari Chalisa praises the Queen of Vindhyachal through a long garland of Goddess names and petitions.…