This is a long shot but here goes. I was in Pushkar in early
1996, staying in a tent by the lake. Every morning at 5:30
or so they would play a prayer over loudspeakers over the
lake, we took to calling it the aahwishywahwah song because
that is how we interpreted the lyrics in our sleepy state.
They played it on a primitive tape-loop and it ran for about
20 minutes or so. Does anyone know anything about this song,
especially anything about a recording of it? Its been
haunting me ever since and I'm driving my local world music
person loopy playing all of his Indian CDs. Thanks!!
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From your phonetics, it strikes me as it could be the
Gayathri mantra. Were you at or near a temple or ashram? You
can download a small QT audio file of it from:
http://www.sathyasai.org/audio/gayathri.au
Good luck
Again I can't be sure of music you heard, but where I was
staying a few years in ago in Varanasi, I woke every morning
to a song - and then I eventually heard it again on a CD of
sacred music by Ravi Shankar. Can't remember the exact name
but that should be enough.
I'll check out your suggestions! Do you know how many
records Ravi Shankar has recorded? sheesh!
sorry -- this record wasn't actually done by Ravi Shankar,
but produced by him (I think), anyway he was involved
heavily in it in some capacity.
Perhaps the Ravi CD in question is "Chants of India",
produced by George Harrison. I purchased it recently, and
it is wonderful. It includes various Hindu mantras and
even Vedic chanting. Ravi wrote a few selections himself,
but most of the others are actual centuries-old Hindu
prayers and chants. Quite "enchanting"! You might want to
check this CD out. It has a purple cover with pink writing
- very conspicuous. I remembered many of the chants on the
CD from my visit to the Hindu temple where I live. You're
right: they stick with you. Good luck!