{"id":353268,"date":"2026-01-05T14:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=353268"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:19:04","slug":"gayan-bayan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gayan-bayan\/","title":{"rendered":"Gayan-Bayan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The\u00a0Union Minister of Ports, Shipping &amp; Waterways (<strong>MoPSW<\/strong>) \u00a0attended the second biennial full-fledged state convention of the \u2018Mridangiya Gayan-Bayan Sanstha, Assam\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2>About Gayan-Bayan<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voyage.alpviv.org\/india\/assam\/majuli\/dance\/gayan_bayan\/paysage\/20191112_c070.jpg?resize=368%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gayan Bayan, moines danseurs, Majuli, Assam, Inde\" width=\"368\" height=\"245\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: voyage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>In Assam, North India, <strong>gayan-bayan (g\u0101yan-b\u0101yan)<\/strong> is a <strong>devotional dance performed in satras<\/strong> by disciples of <strong>Sankardev<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> The term <strong><em>g\u0101yan-b\u0101yan<\/em><\/strong>derives from <strong><em>g\u0101yan<\/em>, <\/strong>meaning<strong> \u201csinger,\u201d and <em>b\u0101yan<\/em>, <\/strong>meaning<strong> \u201cdrummer.\u201d <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>variations<\/strong> in the style and presentation of gayan-bayan across different satras and religious sects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin: <\/strong>The origin of Mayamara Gayan-Bayan is traced to <strong>Sri Sri Aniruddhadeva (1553\u20131626)<\/strong>, the founder of <strong>Mayamara Satra<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>He composed more than <strong>180 devotional gits<\/strong>, each assigned a specific raga.<\/li>\n<li>The present system of performance involving dance, <strong>Mridanga<\/strong> and <strong>Bhortal (cymbals)<\/strong> was institutionalized by <strong>Sri Sri Krishnadeva<\/strong>, the <strong>second Adhikar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nature of Gits and Musical Tradition: <\/strong>The <strong>gits<\/strong> are <strong>devotional in content<\/strong> but are <strong>not classified as Bargits<\/strong>, as <strong>only compositions of Sankardeva and Madhavdeva are termed Bargits in Assamese music.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Along with Aniruddhadeva\u2019s gits, compositions of <strong>Nityanandadeva<\/strong>, <strong>Hariramdeva<\/strong>, and occasionally Bargits of Sankardeva and Madhavdeva are performed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Musical Instruments Used:\u00a0 <\/strong>The <strong>performance primarily features khol drums played by the <em>b\u0101yan<\/em>,<\/strong> accompanied by cymbals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performers:<\/strong> Performances are conducted by a group of <strong>Gayans (singers)<\/strong> and <strong>two or three Bayans (mridanga players)<\/strong>. The lead singer is called the <strong>Oja<\/strong>, while subordinate singers are known as <strong>Palis<\/strong>. The Oja directs the singing, rhythm, and movement of the entire performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Structure of Mats, Ghats, and Tals:<\/strong> The defining feature of Mayamara Gayan-Bayan is the system of <strong>eight Mats, eight Ghats, and eight Tals<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Completion of these eight units marks the end of one <strong>Pada (verse)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Singing<\/strong> is accompanied by <strong>coordinated body movements<\/strong>, steps, and gestures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The\u00a0Union Minister of Ports, Shipping &amp; Waterways (MoPSW) \u00a0attended the second biennial full-fledged state convention of the \u2018Mridangiya Gayan-Bayan Sanstha, Assam\u2019. About Gayan-Bayan In Assam, North India, gayan-bayan (g\u0101yan-b\u0101yan) is a devotional dance performed in satras by disciples of Sankardev. Meaning: The term g\u0101yan-b\u0101yanderives from g\u0101yan, meaning \u201csinger,\u201d and b\u0101yan, meaning \u201cdrummer.\u201d There is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gayan-bayan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gayan-Bayan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-353268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}