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Vijay Sharma
Month of Shravan

- - The baramasa, or "songs of the twelve months," are classical texts based on each month of the Indian calendar: Chaitra, Baisakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha, Shravan, Bhadon, Ashvina, Karttika, Agahana, Pausha, Magh and Phalguna. Classical poets employed metaphors extolling the attributes of deities, or of a nayika (heroine) longing for the return of the nayak (hero), to represent each month. The 16th century poet Kesava Das, best kno

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