Priests blow conch shell 'Shankh' before Ganga aarti at Banaras

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A group of priests every evening at this ghat perform "Agni Pooja" (Worship to Fire) wherein a dedication is made to Lord Shiva, River Ganga (the Ganges), Surya (Sun), Agni (Fire), and the whole universe. Special aartis / aratis are held on Tuesdays and on religious festivals.
Varanasi / Banaras / Benaras:
Varanasi, also Benares, Banaras, is a city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism. Hindus believe that death at Varanasi brings salvation. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.
Many of its temples were plundered and destroyed by Mohammad Ghauri in the 12th century. The temples and religious institutions in the city now are dated to the 18th century.
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shank shankh conch shell

[@saffron1996]

Absolutely breathtaking... you can almost feel the spiritual energy emenating from this sound... and im not even hindu

[@poorvamishra1706]

@@flyingcacoon3713 yes it's true

[@pritamroy5261]

@@flyingcacoon3713 proud to be a Hindu . Om namah Shivay 🙏🕉️

[@Sikhindu]

Lol, we all feel it.

[@sohampatil5845]

Just imagine the starting of Mahabharata with such marvellous blow of shankha The kaurawas were absolutely terrified with shankhas garjana❤

[@somasekhar957]

Im sure Kauravas also blew them

[@shashank5322]

Our culture :) Proud hindu

[@user-ox3lv4vg9p]

Just remember, Hinduism is not about spirituality only. We are the warriors. We protected this land for so long and now we have just given up. Stand up and stand tall. Each and everyone of us comes from bloodline of warriors, don't put it to shame.

[@somerandomguy9125]

Our ancestors were literally the conquerors of Eurasia. The other descendants may forget about it but Hindus are the only surviving culture that still upholds Aryan tradition.

[@enkamayo]

That is true, but spirituality is more powerful than war. This is what the humankind needs now more than ever. And I am so thankful to India for keeping this treasure for such a long time.

[@auspicious6703]

@@enkamayowar and spirituality are very much linked. Spirituality itself can be seen as a war against ignorance and ego.

[@senthilk4916]

my favourite sound ... travels deep into my body ....

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[@capitangato5694]

You should buy a shankh and learn blow it, is an amazing sound!!!

[@neotheek]

energied my body..Proud to be hindu...

[@phoenixrajhan8523]

+Maven Sony this culture is native to aaseevagam :) hinduism adopted it!

[@Galavya41]

+phoenix rajhan Dear friend . There is no such thing as " HInduism" , nobody in ancient Bharat identified onself as a ' Hindu', ....There was and is just Dharma . The path shown by the ancient sages.

[@phoenixrajhan8523]

Galavya41 yes and it had a name :) aaseevagam and sana thaana tharumam (sanathana dharma)

[@anmolgoel2107]

+phoenix rajhan correct

[@hsram1985]

Sanathan dharma today called as Hinduism.. nothing more nothing less.

[@shobitshobit]

this noise relaxes my mind so much, i wish to keep listening this for hours.

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[@HopeAngel777]

I came to this video because I am reading Bhagavad Gita, and I wanted to have an idea what it may have sounded like on the battlefield. I am in awe.

[@Vayu_arya]

Panchjanya counch sound produced by shree krishna

[@RehanaF13]

Beautifully done. I’m not Hindu but I do own a shell horn like that among my other seashell horns. I call them my “Sea Horns.” They all sound lovely as you can imagine 😊❤️👍🥰

[@orpheusads]

Where can you buy these “shell horns”?

[@shreyanshgupta1290]

It is called shank in India

[@a.b.__iii]

Wow! I got goosebumps! Om

[@नागेंद्र-म9च]

gave a goosebumps

[@homeboysudaka5629]

I’m sorry this is more powerful than the Muslim call of prayer . Hindus understood the power of frecuency and sound before anybody else

[@Rudraiya]

Absolutely

[@GandPhatiBandarHanugaand]

Please don't tag Muslim,. Keep that pagan ritual yourself

[@user-fl6qp4jm2j]

During medieval period these conch shells are used before starting any auspicious occasion like doing puja or before starting wars..

[@2218chirag]

Excellent capture!!!This is by far the best vid captured on film of 'Shankhnaad during Sapta Rishi Aradhana'.Currents up the spine.Mostly people are unaware but 'Sapta Rishi Aradhana' was originally construed by Mahadeva himself.Current ritual is a somewhat corrupted version but still the energies it whips up is phenomenal relative to other aarties performed elsewhere.

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[@ravikantsharma6049]

Love you baba every time 🕉️🚩🇮🇳🔱💙🙏🌅

[@swetashetty1736]

Awesome..goosebumps hearing this devine sound

[@aartipatil7641]

Love the sound of conch shell..gives me eternal happiness soothes me. Feel goosebumps venevr I listen to it.Want it to go on..I go into instant meditation.God comes closer further. ..

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[@sukhwinderkaur211]

aarti patil yes

[@itisimatadvc]

What an amazing sound, makes the hairs on my arm stand up ✌️♥️

[@birkuru]

My dad suffering from Bell's Palsy started blowing conch early morning.Now he is completely cured.

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[@JaiMahadevv27]

It’s an amazingly powerful sound, but don’t make up things that are obviously untrue, you’re insulting those who actually suffer from that illness.

[@arias839]

What an amazing sound! Incredible!

[@radhika9198]

Feeling si connected....🕉️

[@nitasingh2208]

I love the sound of the shank

[@Koyel1000]

Goosebumps.. Jay Bholenath 🕉️🙏

[@chiragsalian5888]

Excellent synchronisation!!!Currents up the spine...Saptarishi Aradhana (7 rishis Worship) was originally construed by LORD MAHADEVA himself ..the current version is a largely corrupted one but still the energies whipped up are significant.It'll take highly evolved mind to grasp the intelligence behind it.

[@dipaksaha333]

Jay shri Ram 🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️ Har har Mahadev 🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱

[@nandhunandhu.g2726]

Hara hara mahadeva 🙏🕉️🔱

[@Himachal.1]

JAI HO 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@improbablepebble8549]

Damn that guy has quite the lungs

[@Roody_Patootie]

So soothing

[@shivajekumar3275]

super ....................mano ye dwani sunte hi ............ek ajib si sakti ka sanchar ho raha ho mere sarir m

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[@bantibairagi5320]

हर हर महादेव

[@PrashantOjha12]

जय गंगा मईया 🙏

[@yashnarvariya4725]

Jai Shree Ram

[@yashwantkumar1918]

Har har mahadev

[@VeerBisht2602]

Super Spiritual sound 🙏🙏

[@pcdyt]

Har Har Mahadev

[@karankaw]

I love It...

[@panditdipty3328]

Jai Maa gangs❤🙏

[@Antichrist8]

It took me to kurukshetra 🙏😭

[@rashmigawade2011]

Har Har Mahadev🙏🙂

[@PraveenKumar-cs6fm]

Jai shri Ram 🙏🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@sammy1735]

I saw this live in haridwar not in varanasi but this as awsome as that one simply goosbuming stuff

[@dineshtiwari5532]

Har har mahadev ji ❤️🙏

[@paramshabdam2332]

Jai sri Hari Jai sri Ram

[@SKPVijay]

Ganga Aarti sangu blow super sakthi

[@Harsikashing]

Good 🙏

[@manojkumarsaha4870]

Really so.

[@adityasanjaymehera7916]

Jai Gangamma

[@karthikeyanchitra6537]

excellent

[@Thelivingwordthesword]

I will now blow the shankha for one hour straight the wind of earth will be the force in lungs

[@proudindian3930]

phle Gurudwaro me v Shankh bajaya jta tha jb Gurbani keertan shuru krte thy..ajkl srf kch hi Gurudwaro me ye maryada reh gyi he

[@emonpaul777]

Oom Ganga

[@m.shankar7232]

wow sound

[@VIBES_VIDS]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@cozanostrasmagkas1]

hi! i was looking for a video like that! Is there a specific technique so i can make sound for this think? I have cleaned it cut the edge a bit but nothing

[@WildFilmsIndia]

+DimitrisAkaTsouf I think it takes a certain kind of conch shell and a very practiced technique with strong lung power to achieve this! Those in India have a lot of practice. It's not for everyone... Thanks for viewing, Dimitris! Do subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on KZbin for a steady stream of videos from across India, as part of our ambitious 'Visual mapping of the Indian subcontinent' project. Also view our 'Best of India' video playlist on KZbin, and visit and enjoy your journey across India at clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Team WFIL

[@yogawest5598]

I did similar to you and after cutting out the mouthpiece center a little bit was also struggling to get good sound. Today I tried another shankh that was at a gurdwara at a Kundalini Yoga Studio and after 20 seconds or so was able to get a nice resonance and in the next 5 minutes became quite proficient at it. Full disclosure, even though I am not very familiar with blowing shankhs, I am a long time saxophone player and 1 year yidaki / didgeridoo student. The buzzing of the lips needed for the shankh playing is more similar to the didgeridoo. You want to practice being able to buzz your lips at different frequencies, this takes strong muscles from the inside of your mouth together with strong lung/diaphragm support from lower down. I found shankh blowing works best when the diaphragm is fully engaged so you want to practice deep belly breathing or related yogic pranayam to build those muscles and that muscle memory. Buzzing your lips is how it's usually described with didgeridoo and some other wind instruments but honestly I find that word misleading a little. It is difficult to describe but when my lips buzz, it's as much because of the squeezing pressure I'm maintaining on the inside cheek/mouth muscles - contracting those inward - as it it of the awareness of me purposely "buzzing" (making small farting sounds / vibrating) the lips so they go up and down at different speeds til you find the correct frequency for your instrument. Hope that helps!

[@ANUJKumar-y8q9g]

PRIESTS😂😂😂👏👏, BRO THEY ARE PANDITS 😅 AND ABOUT PRIESTS, OFCOURSE YOU'LL FIND THEM IN CHURCH 😂🙏🔥

[@24hrs365]

A conch shell was used in the opening credits for the first film Alien in 1979.

[@dipyamandey3609]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Howling_Wolf_47]

Can you please give link of this aarti full i want to see please send this aarti full video

[@yashwantkumar1918]

Jai Sanatan Dharma ki

[@hrihhrih776]

look at the hairstyles dude...do they go for modeling later on? they look quite nice...

[@rajapusapati1]

HRIH HRIH lol 😂😂😂

[@shawnmccori]

I use to know this Indian man who thought he created life on earth. He said I stole his invention which was a conch shell. But it was not modified in any way. In fact there still was something live in it. He said he welded it cut it screwed it and put some kind of goo in the middle to make it time things in cars. Thats how conch snails were create on earth when he said there be life.

[@deborishiganguly3665]

What?

[@krisartfox83]

how lean everyone is...

[@vijinlal3668]

💯💯😔

[@chandanraut1911]

Chandan Rawat

[@Greenriver842]

It's me or they are using circular breathing like a trumpetist?

[@mandeeprathor7903]

I want to buy a original shankh for blow perpose ... help me where I buy this.

[@indianaffairs7335]

go to any tirth yatra place you will get there

[@samirdas4305]

ASADHARN..

[@abhiwold2313]

ഞാൻ ഹരീഷ് എനിക്ക് ഈ ശംഖ് മുറിയാതെ 10മിനിറ്റോളം വിളിക്കാൻ അറിയാം പ്ലീസ് കോൺടാക്ട്

[@akhandbharat5866]

Not priest...... but BRAMHACHARI

[@sameerarlekar1965]

Penalty shoot

[@gowentgone407]

May Allah forgive u??

[@Meeeeeee37]

Allah sucks my cock

[@superbrownboy777]

HM Murad why can’t you narcissistic assholes respect other people’s religion for once?. You inbreds think you’re the chosen ones? Delusion at its highest!!

[@akhailansar9140]

Allah ain't real.

[@tylerdurden1705]

Allah isn't real!!

[@manoharmanikyala490]

Allah mera bullah

[@GandPhatiBandarHanugaand]

Groups of demons happy

[@Rudraiya]

Oolaa hu uber

[@rajatdhuria573]

HAR har Mahadev