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Listen to “Nam Samkirtan (Chanting the Name of Krishna)” by Swapan Boral from the 2007 ARCE album “Padavali Kirtan”. Today is Krishna Janmashtami, a Hindu festival extolling the birth of Krishna, the earthly manifestation of the god Vishnu. This album is made available via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ partnership with ARCE, one of the largest audiovisual repositories of India’s oral traditions & performing arts.

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