Narrating the maritime glory of Bharatam Janam. Indus writing boat carrying oxhide ingots. Reconstructing the Mohanna boatman's song, ēlō ! ēlēlō !! he'lava he'lavo !!!
A pair of birds కారండవము [ kāraṇḍavamu ] n. A sort of duck. కారండవము [ kāraṇḍavamu ] kāraṇḍavamu. [Skt.] n. A sort of duck. कारंडव [kāraṇḍava ] m S A drake or sort of duck. कारंडवी f S The female. karandava [ kârandava ] m. kind of duck. कारण्ड a sort of duck R. vii , 31 , 21 கரண்டம் karaṇṭam, n. Rebus: karaḍa 'hard alloy (metal)'.
tamar ‘palm’ (Hebrew) Rebus: tamba ‘copper’ (Santali)
What is being transported on the Meluhha (Indus or Mohanna) boat is a boatload of hard alloy of copper.
How did the carnelian beads arrive in Thailand, Ban Don Ta Phet port, ca. 3rd millennium BCE? Hypothesis: Meuhhans brought them and set up settlements. Did Meluhhans carry tin from here into Eurasia along the Tin Road?
Elelo elelo (Telugu)
Uploaded on Aug 10, 2010
The Timbaktu Collective is a voluntary organisation working for sustainable development in the drought prone Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Recently I visited "Prakruthi Badi" (Nature School) which is a part of Timbaktu's initiative. Here is a video of children from Prakruthi badi composing the song "Elelo elelo" for the upcoming environmental festival.
Listen to the full Elelo Elo Elo refrain of the song in Telugu (modern version video of June 3, 2014) to enjoy the beauty of the ancient boatsong refrain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56uuP8bNQas Elo, Elo, Elelo (Malayalam refrain, 2013 5:50)
That this is a classic boarman song is clear from the Malayalam lyrics:
1. Elo, Elelo hailasaa (2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJIEYltBeW8 (2:26)
Ela Elo Elelelelo.mpg (4:42) 2012, Song From The Dubbed Malayalam Movie Thiruvilayadal
Elelo elelo (Malayalam, 2013, 6:39)
The Boatman Song ,Bhatiyali folk song Published on Feb 20, 2014Artist :Ashok pal
Bhatiali or Bhatiyali is a traditional form of folk music in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Bhatiyali is a traditional boat song, sung by boatmen while boatmen going down streams of the river, as the word Bhatiyali comes from Bhata meaning ebb or downstream
Artist :Ashok pal
Bhatiali or Bhatiyali is a traditional form of folk music in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Bhatiyali is a traditional boat song, sung by boatmen while boatmen going down streams of the river, as the word Bhatiyali comes from Bhata meaning ebb or downstream
Bhatiali or Bhatiyali is a traditional form of folk music in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Bhatiyali is a traditional boat song, sung by boatmen while boatmen going down streams of the river, as the word Bhatiyali comes from Bhata meaning ebb or downstream
hei lassa haisaa Boat song in Telugu (nursery rhyme)
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Bali yatra, 2013
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Ganga river, Brahmaputra river. Inland waterways, Bharatam.![]()
Boats at Dhaka.![]()
Boar in Myanmar.![]()
Transporting straw on Ganga.![]()
Boats in northeast Bharatam.![]()
Boat shown on a frieze in Parambanan. "merchants who crowd the great waters with ships".
See: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2014/05/philosophy-of-symbolic-forms-indian.html which presents an Indian Ocean Community
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Ship on an Ajanta painting. ![]()
Ajanta frescoe. Vijaya and elephants landing in Ceylong.Ships Landing of Prince Vijaya in Sri Lanka - 543 BC from Ajanta Frescos.Ajanta painting of a later date depict horses and elephants aboard the ship which carried Prince Vijaya to Sri Lanka. (source: India Through the ages - By K. M. Panikkar).
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Ajanta painting."Square rigged sails had the advantage of providing stability on large ships and in heavy seas, and they remained the main type of sail on European vessels until the last days of sail. However, the lateen sail provided greater maneuverability and ability to tack on rivers and in narrow waters. The fore-and-aft sail had an advantage in that it can keep much closer to the wind." http://www.nabataea.net/sailing.htmlhttp://www.nabataea.net/sailing.html![]()
Transporting bamboo on Ganga, West Bengal.![]()
Old boat. Choa Praya river transport, Thailand![]()
Life along the Mekong.![]()
A boat for Teesta river.![]()
Niha Trang, Vietnam![]()
Mekong river, Vietnam![]()
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Mekong, Luang Prabang, Laos![]()
River transport, Vietnam.![]()
On a tributry of Mekong, Vietnam
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Boat hieroglyphs and fish on a Mesopotamia proto-cuneiform tablet. Tablet Sb04823: receipt of 5 workers(?) and their monthly(?) rations, with subscript and seal depicting animal in boat; excavated at Susa in the early 20th century; Louvre Museum, Paris (Image courtesy of Dr Jacob L. Dahl, University of Oxford) Cited in an article on Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) System. http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/indus-writing-in-ancient-near-east-on.html An ancient Near East proto-cuneiform tablet with Indus writing![]()
Boat on the Indus. http://www.hinterlandtravel.com/pakistan_upcoming.htm
Transporting bamboo on Ganga, West Bengal.
Flat-bottomed Indus boat carrying oxhide ingots shown on an Indus writing tablet.
Indus river boat. Shown on a seal.
Island in the Indus river, as seen from Sukkur, 1838 (msb1606_2012)
Farmers transport cucumbers on a boat through the waters of river Ganges to sell at a market in Allahabad.
A traditional bullock cart and flat bottomed ferry boat are still used for local transport along the Indus River near the ancient site of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh, in Pakistan.
Cai Be floating market on Mekong River
Transport at the confluence of Kabul and Indus rivers at Attock
Transport on the Ganga.
Transport on Ganga at Bhagalpur http://www.apagemedia.com/gallery/category/64
SANDHYA MUKHERJEE sings MAYABATI MEGHE ELO TANDRA at her 76 at sciencecity on 25th dec,2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_5h-3q7mY (5:17)
The Boatman Song -- Tagore
Uploaded on Oct 6, 2008"The Boatman Song" is a simple but beautiful Bengali folk song composed by the great poet, Rabindranath Tagore.
The musicians are Sankar Chowdhury on tabla and James Barralet on cello.
James and Sankar first played together in Basel, Switzerland, on the encouragement of James's Indian music professor, the sarod maestro Ken Zuckerman. Sankar visits Basel regularly to teach and give masterclasses and concerts. Having very much enjoyed playing together, they decided to continue on a long term basis as a cello and tabla duo.
They played their first public concerts in the UK in 2008 including at the Newbury Spring Festival and at the Yorke Trust in Norfolk. Next year they will play at Music in the Round in Sheffield amongst others.
The footage is of the sacred river Ganges at Varanasi.
The performance as filmed at the abbey in Sutton Courtney, Oxforshire.
The musicians are Sankar Chowdhury on tabla and James Barralet on cello.
James and Sankar first played together in Basel, Switzerland, on the encouragement of James's Indian music professor, the sarod maestro Ken Zuckerman. Sankar visits Basel regularly to teach and give masterclasses and concerts. Having very much enjoyed playing together, they decided to continue on a long term basis as a cello and tabla duo.
They played their first public concerts in the UK in 2008 including at the Newbury Spring Festival and at the Yorke Trust in Norfolk. Next year they will play at Music in the Round in Sheffield amongst others.
The footage is of the sacred river Ganges at Varanasi.
The performance as filmed at the abbey in Sutton Courtney, Oxforshire.
The semant. of hēla relate to: transport (of burdens), tossed on the waves (a reference to maritime transport):
हेल [ hēla ] m f The business of carrying burdens (from village to village or place to place), porterage (v
हेलकरी [ hēlakarī ] m A carrier of burdens or loads, a porter. 2 One that furnishes
हेलकावणें [ hēlakāvaṇēṃ ] v i (
हेलकावा [ hēlakāvā ] m (
हेलकाविणें [ hēlakāviṇēṃ ] v c To toss about;--as waves toss a vessel: also to make to sway about;--as a swing, a tree or branch, a camel &c. See illustrations under the noun
Hieroglyph: हेला [ hēlā ] m (