Adi Guru Da Jayanthi

This chant was composed using the Ragaam Brindavani, a pentatonic (five-note) scale. One of its distinctive features is that the scale changes between ascending and descending motion, giving the melody its unique character and subtle emotional colour.

Relative to a Western major (Ionian) scale, the scale degrees are:

Ascending degrees:
I – ♭II – IV – V – VII – VIII

Descending degrees:
VIII – ♭VII – V – IV – ♭II – I

In C, the Ragaam Brindavani would be:

Ascending: C – D♭ – F – G – B – C
Descending: C – B♭ – G – F – D♭ – C

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Da Jayanthi

Adi Da Jayanthi celebrates the human birth of Adi Da, who was born on November 3, 1939, in Jamaica, New York. The word “Jayanthi” comes from Sanskrit and means “Victorious.”