his vibrant voice

We are aware we have, despite our best efforts, not quite succeeded in restoring fully and faithfully his original unique voice from the available recordings which were done as far back as eight decades ago, when sound recording technique was still in its infancy. click below, on the title of the song, to listen   Bhetye Jhoole Chhe Talavaar Beek Konee, Maa Tane ? Hajaaro Varsh-nee Joonee Amaaree Vedanaao Jha(n)daa-Va(n)dan Taare Aavadee Laalap Kyaa(n)thee re     Aaj re Swpanaa-maa(n) Me(n) to Dolato Du(n)gar Deetho jo Baalaa, Podho ne Dhoodhe te Bharee Talaavadee Ek to Raajadwaar-maa(n) Galati ae Maajham Raat Ghadiyaa(n) Lagna Raayavar Hameerjee Gohil Lavi(n)g Keree Laakadee-e Nahee(n) Jaavaa Dau(n) Chaakaree Naa Chhadiyaa(n) Hathiyaar Sant Velanathjee Sonal Garaasanee   Sootee re Hoy to Jaag re Goree Sheni-Vijaanand Tame Maaraa(n) Deva-naa(n) Deedhel Chho Vaagher se Kajiyo Keedho

with his wife Corry Dr. Arnold A. Bake (1899-1963) Traditional Wire Recording A Dutch researcher who travelled across India during 1938-39 to record folklore at the behest of Oxford University. During his visit to Ranpur in January 1939 he recorded Meghani as he sang these songs : Baalaa Podho ne, Hameerjee Gohil, Nahee(n) Jaavaa Dau(n) Chaakaree, Sonal Garaasanee, Sootee Hoy to Jaaga re Goree        78-RPM Gramophone Records which Columbia and Young India companies came up with during 1934-1936

Meghani  says his heart bleeds when he hears a song of his being sung in a tune other than the original one in which he set it

Those who so lovingly, devotedly and full-throatedly sang Meghani's songs   Pingalshibhai Gadhavi (1914-1998) Merubha Gadhavi (1906-1977) Dula Bhaya Kag (1903-1977) Hemubhai Gadhavi (1929-1965) Kanubhai Barot (1923-1985)   Names of different singers, who have rendered the same particular song, appear, under the title of the song, in alphabetical order, left to right.   click on the singer's name to listen       Hemu Gadhavi Lakhabhai Gadhavi Praful Dave Praful Dave - Lalita Ghodadra Dula Bhaya Kag - Merubha Gadhavi Lakhabhai Gadhavi Dayalal Chavda Pingalshi Gadhavi Balkrishna Dave Ranoben Dula Kag Praful Dave Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Nitin Devka Karsan Padhiyar Merubha Gadhavi Praful Dave Praful Dave The Original Tune based on Raag Kalingada Induben Anilbhai Shah Meghani's daughter Praful Dave   Merubha Gadhavi   Hemu Gadhavi Kanu Barot Pingalshi Gadhavi Lakhabhai Gadhavi Praful Dave Abhesinh Rathod Bhikhudan Gadhavi   Dayalal Chavda   Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Abhesinh Rathod Ashit Desai Murli Meghani Meghani's daughter   Hemu Gadhavi Pingalshi Gadhavi Lakhabhai Gadhavi Praful Dave Rambhai Dula Kag Abhesinh Rathod Bihari Hemu Gadhavi Kamlesh Gadhavi Merubha Gadhavi Praful Dave Nitin Devka Vajubhai Shah Murli Meghani Meghani's daughter Murli Meghani Meghani's daughter Damyanti Bardai Praful Dave            Meghani remembers Dheliben Meraanee (woman of Mer community) of Bagavadar village who first introduced him to the enchanting world of folk-songs in 1924. artist  Pratapsinh Jadeja Words, tunes and rhythm of some of the folk-songs may have changed somewhat with passing times Usha Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar Dina Gandharva - Hemu Gadhavi Bharati Kunchala Diwaliben Bhil - Praful Dave Praful Dave Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Pranlal Vyas Asha Bholse Asha Bhonsle Hemant Chauhan Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Usha Mangeshkar Hemu Gadhavi Damyanti Bardai Mahendra Kapoor Praful Dave Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Suman Kalyanpur Hemu Gadhavi Diwaliben Bhil Praful Dave Usha Mangeshkar - Praful Dave Geeta Dutt Usha Mangeshkar Diwaliben Bhil Bharati Kunchala Harshida Rawal Hemant Chauhan Asha Bhonsle Lata Mangeshkar Pamela Jain Poornima Jhaveri Damyanti Bardai Damyanti Bardai Damyanti Bardai Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Hemu Gadhavi Asha Bhonsle Diwaliben Bhil Praful Dave - Diwaliben Bhil Kanu Barot Asha Bhonsle Dina Gandharva Kanu Barot And a few from those heart-rending ones ... Hemu Gadhavi Lakhabhai Gadhavi Pranlal Vyas Asha Bhonsle Bharati Kunchala Dina Gandharv Dina Gandharv - Hemu Gadhavi Praful Dave Kanu Barot Valji Dabhi Damyanti Bardai Diwaliben Bhil Asha Bhonsle Lakhabhai Gadhavi Hemu Gadhavi Lakhabhai Gadhavi Praful Dave Dina Gandharva - Hemu Gadhavi Bharati Kunchala - Pranlal Vyas Damyanti Bardai - Kanu Barot Lakhabhai Gadhavi - Praful Dave Veljibhai Gajjar - Harshida Rawal Bhikhudan Gadhavi - Diwaliben Bhil Praful Dave - Damyanti Bardai Praful Dave            The Saintly Voices from Sorath  A collection of 104 Bhajans (Devotional Songs) which he jotted down in his notebooks as he moved  places researching  folklore, Meghani illustrates     click here to view and listen

some of the Folk Musical Instruments   Jantar Ektaaro Dholak Raavanhathho Manjeera

courtesy in alphabetical order -  left to right, top to bottom
	Meghani Family
late Dr. Arnold A. Bake	Columbia Gramophone Company	National Gramophone Company - Young India
	late Nazir Jairazbhoy
Amit N. Trivedi Vadodara	Chandrakant Rathod USA	Chandrashekhar Vaidya Ahmedabad
Dayalal Chavda Rapar - Kutch	Dolatbhai Bhatt Gandhinagar	Hardik Praful Dave Ahmedabad
Harish Raghuvanshi Surat	Kanubhai Barot Family Porbandar	Laxman Pingalshibhai Gadhavi Jamnagar
Rajendra Hemubhai Gadhavi Rajkot	Rajendrasinh Rayjada - Payal Audio Keshod	Upendra Trivedi Ahmedabad
singers in alphabetical order -  left to right, top to bottom
Abhesinh Rathod	Asha Bhonsle	Ashit Desai
Balkrishnabhai Dave	Bharati Kunchala	Bhikhudan Gadhavi
Bihari Hemu Gadhavi	Damyanti Bardai	Dayalal Chavda
Dina Gandharva	Diwaliben Bhil	Dula Bhaya Kag
Geeta Dutt	Harshida Rawal	Hemant Chauhan
Hemu Gadhavi	Induben Anilbhai Shah	Kamlesh Gadhavi
Kanu Barot	Karsan Padhiyar	Lakhabhai Gadhavi
Lata Mangeshkar	Lalita Ghodadra	Mahendra Kapoor
Meena Patel	Merubha Gadhavi	Murli Meghani
Nitin Devka	Pamela Jain	Pingalshibhai Gadhavi
Poornima Jhaveri	Praful Dave	Pranlal Vyas
Rambhai Dula Kag	Ranoben Dula Kag	Suman Kalyanpur
Valji Dabhi	Vajubhai Shah	Velji Gajjar
	Usha Mangeshkar
We are grateful to the singers and their families for their kind cooperation.
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