A music video on Argala stotram by singers from Hyderabad

The artistes within the music video
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A staff of singers well-versed in Carnatic music and playback singing in Telugu cinema have come collectively for a music video on Argala Stotram. The music video launched on Thursday, in time for the Navaratri and Dussehra festivities, has been composed, directed and produced by singer ML Gayatri.

The music video is an try to focus on the devotional fervour of the Argala Stotram, primarily based on the sacred scripture of Rishi Markandeya’s Chandi Sapthasathi. The venture options an all-female forged — Chetana Raviraj, Valli Gayatri, ML Shruti and ML Gayatri.

Gayatri explains that Argala Stotram is split into two classes, Durga Sapthasathi and Chandi Sapthasathi. For the music video, the staff selected Chandi Sapthasathi. “We selected a particular verse from Chandi Sapthasathi which is vibrantly used throughout Chandi yagam. The Argala Stotram is a 23-verse hymn from the Chandi Sapthasathi, which is a part of the Markandeya Purana. The Chandi Sapthasathi consists of 700 verses devoted to the goddess Durga/Chandi and her varied kinds. The Argala Stotram praises Her and seeks her blessings for cover, prosperity, and the removing of obstacles.” She provides that the Chandi Sapthasathi and Argala stotram are historically nameless, that means no single writer is credited. Nevertheless, they’re ascribed to the sage Markandeya, because the textual content comes from the Markandeya Purana.