WORLD TOUR OF SRI NARINDER CHANCHAL

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Over 4000 Devi Bhagat’s attended Chanchal ji’s Jagran at Princeton NJ

Vandana Jhingan

Chanchal ji’s tour of 2005

World renowned, popular and yet a humble devotee of Goddess Durga is on a move, singing the glory of the mother and spreading the wondrous blessings of prayer. Chanchal ji, who has dedicated his life singing bhajans, prayers and going around the world awakening the spiritual yearning of the devotees of the Mother, started his journey with his first Devi Jagran at Princeton NJ.

Over 4000 devotees came and got blessings of Ma Durga. Lot of new Bhajan’s of Ma Durga was added this year. And new items of Lord Shiva & Ma Parvati, and Lord Krishna & Radha ji were presented. People enjoyed it to so much. Nobody moved a bit. All the parking lots were full to its Capacity, and temple had to rent parking spot outside the temple to accommodate more people. Durga temple of Princeton NJ is organizing Devi Jagran from last 10 years.

The national Sponsor Mr. Georgy Bhaala & Ma Bhagat Chanchal ji decided to bring New items for kids; so that young generation kids can be involved and it also becomes a cultural/religious event for everyone.

All this was organized by vaishnodevi.org and brought to you by Catch the rhythms Inc.

Chanchal ji, whose birth name is Narinder, almost reminisce the life of Swami Vivekananda, known in his childhood, as Narendra, and following the life of the Swami, has become the great devotee of Mother Durga. As an interesting anecdote has it, Narinder was very mischievous as a student. His Hindi teacher has therefore called him, Chanchal (fickle) noting his temperament. Later, Narinder adopted this name and has been known as Chanchal ever since.

Narinder was born on Oct 16th to a highly religious Punjabi family in Namak Mandi, Amritsar in Punjab, India. Like many great men in history, he was also inspired by his mother, who was an ardent devotee of Mother Durga and learnt singing Bhajans and performing aarti from the very childhood. He started taking part in many devotional and cultural activities in the village, and his father also encouraged him in pursuing his interest.

An accomplished poet and writer, Chanchalji’s writings were published in several Hindi Newspapers and magazines. He learnt music under the tutelage of Sri Prem Trikha, a well known musician of Amritsar. His life is a saga of dedication to music and he pursued his dream of singing to the glory of Goddess Durga. And the story continues. He moves from country to country, from India to U.S.A., U.K. and Canada, wherever the devotees of Mother are present and are eager to listen to his melodious voice full of serene wisdom and full of devotion. In fact Chanchalji just kicked off his world tour at Princeton, New Jersey on June 18 in the presence of over 4500 people, who had gathered to hear him sing to the glory of the Mother. He will be visiting many cities in the U.S.A. before embarking to other countries overseas.

Narinder Chanchal also had a stint in the film career, when he came in contact with Raj Kapoor, a doyen of Hindi filmdom. Raj kapoor was greatly impressed with his voice and asked him to sing for his film, Bobby. His rendition in the movie became so popular, his fame spread across the globe, wherever Indians lived. He however did not want to pursue film career, and pursued his self-inspired service of Goddess Durga, and kept on singing to the glory of the Mother and inspiring the devotees.

In 1973 he was honored with “Filmfare Award” for best Male Playback Singer for the excellence in singing “Beshak Mandir Masjid Todo” in the film Bobby. Naturally, citations and awards came with the fame and popularity, but his life remained an oasis of love and devotion to inspire all those who seek the blessings of the Mother. Recently the Governor of Atlanta also awarded him with the “Honorary Citizenship” of the State of Georgia.

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