Wednesday, September 16, 2009

All India Radio special transmission September 17-18

All India Radio special transmission for "Mahalaya" early Indian morning from 2230 UTC, Sep 17, till 0015 UTC, Sep 18. Mahalaya is a special two hour tranmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation and music orated by Late Shri. Birendra Krishna Bhadra. AIR has been broadcasting this since early 1930s. Count down of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. Last year the following AIR channels were noted carrying special Mahalaya transmission:

4835 - AIR Gangtok
4940 - AIR Guwahati
4965 - AIR Shimla
666MW - AIR Delhi
747MW - AIR Lucknow A
774MW - AIR Shimla
954MW - AIR Najibabad
1008MW - AIR Kolkata B

Also check out :
4820 - AIR Kolkata
657MW - AIR Kolkata A
Related links: Mahalaya: Invoking the Mother Goddess. A Once-a-Year Popular Radio Program, described at
http://hinduism.about.com/cs/audiomusic/a/aa092003a.htm and Mahalaya - Birendrakrishna Bhadra at http://calcuttaglobalchat.net/calcuttablog/mahalaya/ .
(Gupta, Aug 13)
(DSWCI/DX Window 385)