Jo Jo Rama (Rama Sadaananda Rama Govinda)

Puvvada Sri Ramadasu was born in 1845 in Muvva village near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. He was born in the same village where Kshettrayya was born in 1595. Puvvada Sri Ramadasu composed hundreds of Keerthanas in praise of Muvva Venugopalaswamy and Gurazada Ramalingeswara Swamy. Unfortunately most of the Keerthanas are lost in time. Puvvada Thikkana Somayaji gathered ten Keerthanas sung by the family and published a book.

Visit https://www.puvvadakavitha.com for lyrics and other books.

This song is a beautiful lullaby with soft and rhythmic words penned by Puvvada Sri Ramadasu. Keerthana Vaidyanathan has composed this in Neelambari which is an apt raga for the night lullaby. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

rAma sadAnanda rAma gOvindA
kAmita mandAra ghana dEva brindA
rAma sadAnanda rAma gOvindA
kAmita mandara ghana dEva brindA

suruchira navaratna SObhita hArA
pari pandhi vArida paTala samIra
jO iO rAmA jO jO gOvindA || 2 ||

jAnaki kucha yuga chandra chakOra
mAnita devAdhi deva vidUra
jAnaki kucha yuga chandra chakOra
mAnita devAdhi deva vidUra
rAvaNa kula kAnana dAha keela
bhAvaja janaka sadbhAva suseela

jO iO rAmA jO jO gOvindA || 2 ||

pannaga Sayana suparNa thurangA
kannada sEyaku karunAntharangA
kamanIya maNi gaNa kalita keyUra
vimala mouktika hAra vijayAvatAra

jO iO rAmA jO jO gOvindA||4||

dhraNilO srI rAmadAsa SaraNya
paramAtma muvva gOpAlagragaNya
rAma sadAnanda ||2|| rAma gOvindA
rAma sadAnanda rAma govindA
kAmita mandAra ghana dEva brindA ||2||

jO iO rAmA jO jO gOvindA ||2||

Composition and Vocals -Keerthana Vaidyanathan
Music Production -Prashanth Techno
Guitar- Akshay Yesodharan
Percussion, Mix & Master -Saurabh Joshi
Video- Ashish Joshi & Andrews Vincent
Editing- Ashish Joshi

Shot at Kariappa House, Pondicherry
Produced by Puvvada Arts
Project Inspiration-  Puvvada Indira Devi and Late Sri Puvvada Thikkana Somayaji