Indrani Sen Native name ইন্দ্রাণী সেন Origin, Genres Adhunik Bengali Songs, Occupation(s) Singer Instruments vocal Years active 1970–present Associated acts Singer, Songwriter Website Indrani Sen is a famous Bengali singer. Indrani Sen is the most recognized singer for. She is a daughter of Sumitra Sen, one of the eminent exponents of Rabindra Sangeet, is possibly the most talented female vocalist, for her distinctive style combined with well- modulated delivery, and her grip over various forms of Indian music. She has excelled not only in songs of Tagore and Nazrul, but in Bhajans, Geets, Ghazals, Modern Bengali Songs, devotional and many other forms of light classical and modern music. She is reigning the music industry since last 40 years as the most respected and honored vocalist. Contents. Early life Indrani Sen daughter of Sumitra Sen, one of the eminent exponents of Rabindra Sangeet.

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Indrani is reigning the music industry since last 40 years in Rabindra Sangeet. Her initial lessons started at home with guidance from her mother. She was trained under the tutelage of the Legend Late Debabrata Biswas, while Late Bibhuti Dutta trained her in classical, and Purabi Dutta guided her in Nazrulgeeti. Late Biman Mukherjee has also been her mentor in a variety of Bengali songs like Tappa, Thumri, Puratani, Agamani and Raag Pradhan.

Her professionalism and dedication to her music has been a legacy of these great musicians. Awards & Achievement She won - 1993 for the film 'Shwet Patharer Thala' and BFJA's Best Female Playback Award- 1995 for the film 'Sandhya Tara' Indrani Sen is a Bengali Indian exponent of Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali songs. She studied at the Bengal Music College, a music training college affiliated with the prestigious University of Calcutta.The daughter of the singer Sumitra Sen, she trained in Rabindra Sangeet under the singer Debabrata Biswas, and subsequently received training in classical music from Bibhuti Dutta, and in Nazrul Geeti from Biman Mukherjee and Purabi Dutta.

Awards She won BFJA's Best Female Playback Award- 1993 for the film 'Shwet Patharer Thala' and BFJA's Best Female Playback Award- 1995 for the film 'Sandhya Tara'. Her Hindi renditions of the songs of Tagore and Nazrul have been appreciated by music lovers. She has also cut a disc of Tagore in Gujarati and Assamese language, which have been highly appreciated by the non-Bengali listeners. Her live performances all over India and in various cities of the USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, SWITZERLAND, BANGLADESH, UK, KUWAIT, DUBAI and QATAR have won the hearts of many. She has, to her credit, a large number of records, CDs and audio cassettes covering varied fields of Bengali music. She is a regular playback singer for Bengali and Hindi films (about 150 till date) and TV serials (175 till date) and recipient of many awards, including the Double Gold Disc, B.F.J.A.

Award for three consecutive years, Uttamkumar and Hemanta Memorial Award, Ujala Anandalok Award, Michael Award, Ananda Sangeet Critics Award, Gouriprasanna Award, Lions Award, Pramathesh Barua Award, Alfa Gourab Award, Bharat Nirmaan Award and most acclaimed Sangeet Samman, Maha Samman and Banga Bhushan from the Government of West Bengal and many more such recognition. Lately, she has received the E-TV Sangeet Samman as the Best Female Singer of Rabindra Sangeet. Her Rabindra Sangeet album has also been awarded as the Best Album of the year 2013. Press Release. Her Hindi renditions of the songs of Tagore and Nazrul have been appreciated by music lovers. She has also cut a disc of Tagore in Gujarati and Assamese language, which have been highly appreciated by the non-Bengali listeners. Her live performances all over India and in various cities of the USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, SWITZERLAND, BANGLADESH, UK, KUWAIT, DUBAI and QATAR have won the hearts of many.

She has, to her credit, a large number of records, CDs and audio cassettes covering varied fields of Bengali music. She is a regular playback singer for Bengali and Hindi films (about 150 till date) and TV serials (175 till date) and recipient of many awards, including the Double Gold Disc, B.F.J.A. Award for three consecutive years, Uttamkumar and Hemanta Memorial Award, Ujala Anandalok Award, Michael Award, Ananda Sangeet Critics Award, Gouriprasanna Award, Lions Award, Pramathesh Barua Award, Alfa Gourab Award, Bharat Nirmaan Award and most acclaimed Sangeet Samman, Maha Samman and Banga Bhushan from the Government of West Bengal and many more such recognition. Lately, she has received the E-TV Sangeet Samman as the Best Female Singer of Rabindra Sangeet.

Her Rabindra Sangeet album has also been awarded as the Best Album of the year 2013. She has an outstanding academic career too. She stood third in West Bengal in the Humanities Group, came first among the girls, and stood first in Music in the entire West Bengal in H.S.

She also obtained first class master's degree in Economics from Jadavpur University and had acquired a Ph.D. Degree under the University of Calcutta in Economics in the field of Foreign Trade. An Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics in a leading college of Calcutta, she is in this noble profession since last 33 years. She is now a well sought after academician in the field of higher education. As a regular adjudicator of Ph. Theses of Rabindra Bharati University and a member of the Core Committee, she is presently assigned to frame the U.G, P.G and M.

Phil syllabi of Rabindra Sangeet Department. She has also been nominated as a member of the Advisory Committee in the School of Languages and Culture, shouldering the entire responsibility of the Music section as a Director, under the State University of West Bengal and is in the Governing Body of a leading college of outer Kolkata as a Calcutta University Nominee as well. She takes active part in the renaming of the streets of Kolkata under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta Corporation. She was also a member of the jury Board of the Bengali Telefilm Festival of the Kolkata Film Festival for the last five years. In spite of her busy schedule in the college as well as on stage and studios, Indrani has recently completed an in-depth research work on Tagore’s Dance-dramas under the UGC scheme, working on the nature of evolution in their presentation from the Tagorian age to the present age—an untouched area of research till now. It is going to be published from a leading publishing house very soon. Initiated by a deep quest for knowledge and genuine academic interest, she has also presented multi- disciplinary papers on Psychology, Sociology, Literature and Women's Studies besides Economics and Music, in a number of peer- reviewed journals.

In memory of her late father Anil Kumar Sen, Indrani has formed a public charitable trust- Anil Kumar Sen Memorial Trust (AKSMT) by name, with two units – cultural (DISHA) and educational (DEEKSHA). Disha, since 2004, has been instrumental in grooming around 300 talented young vocalists and dancers under the tutelage of renowned trainers and promoting them as upcoming professional artists by hosting frequent cultural soirees. Her disciples have now acquired a name in the music industry. She has also trained a number of students for cutting discs from reputed music companies. Deeksha, on the other hand, has taken a bold stride by introducing educational, psychological, life and employability skills and corporate training programs for the young aspirants and company executives.

As the Chief Trustee of AKSMT, Indrani is the main architect behind all the above activities of the trust. Her commitment to community, culture and the music world have been a decisive force in shaping a new evolutionary, enormously well-read quarterly musical magazine, “Sangeet Jagat”, as an Editor, catering to all news of the Indian music world, published from Kolkata by the Association of Professional Performing Singers (APPS). Being a passionate driver, she has participated successfully in the First Women's Car Rally in Calcutta, organized by Calcutta Motor Sports Club and Goodyear India Ltd. External links. at.

Contents. History In January 1897, Swami Vivekananda arrived in Colombo with his small group of Western disciples. Two monasteries were founded by him, one at Belur, which became the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission and the other at Mayavati on the Himalayas, in called the Advaita Ashrama. These monasteries were meant to receive and train young men who would eventually become sannyasis of the Ramakrishna Mission, and to give them a training for their work.

The same year the philanthropic activity was started and relief of the famine was carried out. Swami Vivekananda's days as a parivrajaka (wandering monk) before his visit to Parliament of Religions, took him through many parts of India and he visited several architectural monuments like the, palaces, Diwan–I–Khas, palaces of Rajasthan, ancient temples of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other places. During his tour in America and Europe, he came across buildings of architectural importance of Modern, and styles. It is reported that Vivekananda incorporated these ideas in the design of the Belur Math temple., a brother-monk of Swami Vivekananda and one of the monastic, who was, in his pre-monastic life, a civil engineer, designed the temple according to the ideas of Vivekananda and Swami Shivananda, the then President of Belur Math laid the foundation stone on 16 May 1935. The massive construction was handled. The mission proclaims the Belur Math as, 'A Symphony in Architecture'.

Thousands of people visit the Math for the annual day celebration. The 40-acre (160,000 m 2) campus of the Belur Math on the banks of the Ganges includes temples dedicated to Ramakrishna, and Swami Vivekananda, in which their relics are enshrined, and the main monastery of the. The campus also houses a Museum containing articles connected with the history of Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Several educational institutions affiliated with the Ramakrishna Mission are situated in the vast campus adjacent to Belur Math.

The Belur Math is considered as one of the prime tourist spots near Kolkata and place of pilgrimage by devotees. The ex-president regarded Belur Math as a 'place of heritage and national importance.' Sri Ramakrishna Temple. The marble statue of Ramakrishna at Belur Math The design of the temple was envisioned by Swami Vivekananda and the architect was Swami Vijnanananda, a direct monastic disciple of Ramakrishna. Sri Ramakrishna Temple was consecrated on 14 January, the Day in 1938.

The Ramakrishna temple at the Belur Math is designed to 'celebrate the diversity of Indian Religions' and resembles a, a, a if seen from different positions. The architectural style and symbolism from a number of religions have been incorporated into the design of the temple at Belur Math, to convey the 'universal faith' in which the movement believes. The temple is considered as a prime example of the importance of 'material dimension' of religion. The main entrance of the temple, has a facade influenced by Buddhist styles in the Buddhist stupa at Sanchi & the main entrance of the Ajanta Caves.The structure which rises over the entrance is modelled on the Hindu temples of South India with their lofty towers.

The windows and balconies inside the temple draw upon the (Hindu) and (Islamic) style of north India. The central dome is derived from European architecture of St. Maria-Del-Florence in Italy built during the period. The ground plan is in the shape of.

The height of the temple is 112.5 feet (34.3 m) and covers a total area of 32,900 sq ft (3,060 m 2). The temple mainly is built of and some portion in the front is of cement. The high entrance of the temple is like a and the pillars on both sides represent Buddhistic architectural style.

The three umbrella-like domes on the top built in Rajput- styles give an idea of thatched roofs of the village. The circular portion of the entrance is an intermingling of style with Hindu architecture and within it, placing the emblem of the Order is representation of beauty and solemnity. Just above seen is a replica of a.

The natmandira, the spacious congregational hall attached to the sanctum, resembles a church, especially of St Peter's Church in Rome.The pillars in a line on its both sides are according to or style. The beam above is held by decorative brackets similar to the Temple at in.The elaborate designs on the pillars resemble the Orissa style. The hanging balconies above the natmandir and the windows show the effect of architecture used in the Fatehpur Sikri.The broad parikrama path for doing circumambulatory rounds on all sides of the garbhamandira are built like chaityas and Christian Churches. The lattice work statues of figures are etched on semi-circular top of outside the temple. The golden is placed on the top of the temple and has a full-bloomed below. The architecture of the big dome and of the other domes show a shade of Islamic, Rajput, Bengali terracotta and styles. The entrance doors on both east and west of the temple having pillars on both sides are like the elegant gateways of the Manmandir in Gwalior Fort.

And images, representing success and power are carved above them. The statue A full size statue of Sri Ramakrishna is seated on a hundred petalled lotus over a shaped marble pedestal wherein the Sacred relics of Sri Ramakrishna are preserved. The swans on the front represents Paramatman. The statue of Sri Ramakrishna was made by the famous sculptor late Gopeswar Pal of Kolkata and the decorations of the temple were conceived by artist late Sri.

The Canopy above the deity and all the doors and windows are made of selected imported from. Swami Vivekananda Temple. Swami Vivekanda's Samadhi at Belur Math on the shore of Hubli river at Howrah, where swami's hash was placed. The Swami Vivekananda Temple stands on the spot where Swami Vivekananda’s mortal remains were cremated in 1902.

Consecrated on 28 January 1924, the temple has in its upper storey an alabaster OM (in Bengali characters). Beside the temple stands a bel (bilva) tree in the place of the original bel tree under which Swami Vivekananda used to sit and near which, according to his wish, his body was cremated.

On 4 July 1902 at Belur Math, he taught Vedanta philosophy to some pupils in the morning. He had a walk with Swami Premananda, a brother-disciple, and gave him instructions concerning the future of the Ramakrishna Math. He left his body (died) in the evening after a session of prayer at Belur Math. Vivekananda had fulfilled his own prophecy of not living to be forty-years old. Holy Mother's temple The Holy Mother's temple is dedicated to, the spiritual consort of Ramakrishna.The holy mother's temple is right at the entrance of Belur Math. The temple is over the area where her mortal remains were consigned to flames.

The temple of the Holy Mother was consecrated on 21 December 1921. Swami Brahmananda's temple. This section needs expansion. You can help.

(December 2009) Another temple dedicated to —a direct disciple of Ramakrishna and the first president of the and —is situated near Holy Mother's temple. Ramakrishna Museum Ramakrishna Museum is one of the most famous museum among the minds of Bengali peoples. The two-storeyed Ramakrishna Museum hosts artifacts used by Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and some of his disciples. These include the long coat worn by Vivekananda in the West, 's table and an organ of Mrs Sevier. The museum chronicles the growth of the movement and the Bengal of those times. The museum has a realistic recreation of the Panchavati—the clutch of five sacred trees of the where Ramakrishna practised sadhana (spiritual disciplines). The black stone bowl from which Ramakrishna took payasam (a sweet Indian dish) during his final days while suffering from and the pillow he had used, in the house in Calcutta where he spent his last few months are on display.

Ramakrishna's room in the house where he distributed clothes to 12 disciples anointing Vivekananda (then Narendranath) as their leader has also been shown with a model of Ramakrishna bestowing grace on his disciples and the footwear used by Ramakrishna has been put on the model. The room at Dakshineswar where Ramakrishna lived has been recreated with display of clothes and other objects used by him, the tanpura used by Vivekananda to sing to his master, and the copies of two charcoal drawings sketched by Ramakrishna are on display. Sarada Devi's pilgrimage to, Madurai and has also been exhibited along with the items used by her then in 1911. The museum show cases a huge replica of Swami Vivekananda in the front of the where the famous was held in September 1893.

Alongside the same display is a letter by, Swami Vivekananda's co-passenger on the trip. The letter reveals an important and well-known work that Jamshedji did, inspired by Swamiji—the founding of the at Bangalore. The wooden staircase and the lotus woodwork of in Chennai, where Vivekananda gave inspiring speeches to a large congregation have been brought over. A few displays away from this is a show on Miss who met Swamji in the U.S.

In 1895 and served India for 40 years thereafter. She played an important role in the Ramakrishna movement. At this enclosure is a crystal image of Swamiji that was done by the Paris jeweller,. Activities The Belur Math conducts medical service, education, work for women, rural uplift and work among the labouring and backward classes, relief, spiritual and cultural activities. The center also celebrates annual birthdays of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Sarada Devi and other monastic disciples.

The annual celebrations of and are one of the main attractions. The tradition of Kumari puja was started by Vivekananda in 1901. List of Presidents. 1897-1922. 1922-1934.

1934-1937. 1937-1938. 1938-1938. 1938-1950. 1951-1962. 1962-1962.

1962-1965. 1965-1985. 1985-1988.

1988-1998. 1998-2005. 2005-2007. 2007-2017. 2017- See also. References.

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