Morning Raga

Here is a lucid expression on how a beautiful morning prepares you for the day ahead…

- Kiran Sampath

My mornings always started with mantras or bhajans or soulful devotional Carnatic music. It was a morning ritual for my Appa (father). He would be busy finishing his chores while the music played in the background, preparing him for prayer. He loved his music and the energy that it created. The music would play until the time that he's all cleaned up and ready to start his prayer.

The whole thing was for Appa, for his daily process, for his need to start his day in preparation for prayer, for his Dinacharya. And I was just a bystander watching Appa go through his morning rituals day after day.