Motivating Sanskrit song on masking unveiled online
ITAHARI: JULY 29 – A Sanskrit-language song on masking has been unveiled Tuesday afternoon at 4 pm. Organizing a Zoominar, the song titled ‘Maskam Dharaya’ which translates as ‘mask on’ was unveiled in presence of Nepal’s noted songwriters Krishnahari Baral and Dinesh Adhikari. The music video of the song is uploaded in OSR Digital, the music-sharing youtube channel of Nepal.
Maskam Dharaya is a song penned by Dr Bhawani Shankar Bhattarai, directed by Sanket Agasti and collectively sung by seven singers. Seven singers are Bishwa Nepali, Lochan Bhattarai, Sanket Agasti, Naresh Bhurtel, Bunu Shrestha, Sakshi Agasti and Shrey Agasti. Sanket Agasti has worked on the music section with support from Nagendra Rai on flute and Sanjeev Subba on guitar.
The music video of the song is mainly starred by Deepa Shree Niraula and six other namely Ranu Niraula, Shishir Bhandari, GB Chiran, Riwaj Gautam and Shivangi Chhetri.
According to Abhimanyu Avijit, one of the members of the production team of this song, COVID-19 related masking song was a part of series of activities run by Jayatu Sanskritam Nepal, a Sanskrit movement team of Nepali Sanskrit enthusiasts, experts and professionals.
”There are many in Nepal who are interest in Sanskrit literature and music because we have lots of people who understand Sanskrit and love this ancient language which is also the mother of many South Asian languages,” said Avijit.
He added, ”Maskam Dharaya is just a catalyst to energize this Sanskrit enthusiasm in Nepal and abroad as we have also expressed the message of the song in English subtitles.”
