| Ramprasadi | |
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| Native name | রামপ্রসাদী |
| Etymology | songs and music composed byRamprasad Sen |
| Stylistic origins | Bengali folk song,Shyama Sangeet,Kirtan |
| Regional scenes | |
| India,West Bengal,Tripura, andBangladesh | |
Ramprasadi (Bengali: রামপ্রসাদী) are the songs composed by eighteenth centuryBengali saint-poetRamprasad Sen. They are usually addressed to Hindu goddessKali and written inBengali language.[1][2][3][4]
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Ramprasad Sen was the first shakta poet to address Kali with such as intimate devotion and to sing of her as a tender loving mother or even as a little girl. He is credited with creating a new compositional form that combined the Bengali folk style of Baul music with classical melodies and kirtan. After him, a school ofshakta poets continued the Kali-bhakti tradition.Krishna Chandra Roy,Siraj ud-Daulah,Rabindranath Tagore,Kazi Nazrul Islam were immensely inspired by the songs of Ramprasad.[1][2][3][4] Many of his songs were sung by famous Shyama sangeet singers likeDhananjay Bhattacharya,Pannalal Bhattacharya and Anup Ghoshal.