Abstract

Devoting ourselves completely towards God without any selfishness and through this surrender one can feel self-realisation and peace is called Bhakti or Devotion. Saguna and Nirguna are the two types of Bhaktis. In India, during medieval period, when there was chaos in the society, the Bhakti movement was started to alleviate it by the Alwars in South India which motive was to worship one God i.e. Lord Vishnu among the other Gods and Goddesses. Taking this Bhakti Movement as a background, Sankaradeva also started Neo Vaishnavite Movement in Assam around 15th century. He used nine types of Bhaktis as symbols- Shravana, Kirtana, Smarana, Archana, Padaxewana, Dashya, Sakhittwa, Vandana and Aatmanivedana. At the time of Neo Vaishnavite Movement Sankaradeva and his disciple Madhabdeva wrote various Vaishnava Literatures and with the result of these, one of the traditional raga music of Assam which is highly based on spirituality is called Bargeet created by them. The main subject matter of Bargeet is- Leela, Biraha, Birakti, Paramartha, Chura and Chaturi. The descriptions of the various stories of the life of Lord Krishna in Bargeet and these stories express the greatness of devotion. To make an in-depth study about the characters of Lord Krishna in Bargeet and the expressions of devotion through these characters are the main objectives of this study. With the help of primary and secondary sources and through descriptive and analytical method the study “Expression of devotion in Bargeet through the character of Lord Krishna” will be prepared and completed.