Jāgran( जागरण ) or jāgrata ( जागरता ) is a Hindu religious holiday consisting of all night worship of the mother goddess Durga, where her devotees worship her all night by singing her praises and her prayers, normally led by a single person along with a chorus who acts as a lead in the singing of prayers.

Usually this holy event is organized by a person or a family who bears all the cost, but sometimes people organise a jāgran by collecting charities to pay for the holy event.

This is a holy event that can be held any time of the year. The jāgran starts with a invocation mantra of Ganesh-worship and ends with the lead singer (usually a priest) telling the story of Taramati (Tararani Ki Katha) and her devotion to the Mother Goddess. Then the person/family who organised the Jāgran gives the final offering(antim-ardaas) to the Mother Goddess, and the rest of the devotees follow after that person/family.

Then everyone is given the prasad of halwa & cooked (salted) gram. Usually its recommended to have the halwa made in pure ghee but because of the rising cost of it, its dependent on the financial status of those organising the jāgran.

Master Saleem (Punjabi: ਮਾਸਟਰ ਸਲੀਮ; born July 13, 1980)[1] sometimes referred as Saleem Shahzada (Salim Shahzada)[2] is an Indian singer from Punjab, known for his work as a playback singer in Bollywood films, like Heyy Babyy (2007), Dostana and Love Aaj Kal (2009). He has also released private albums, of Punjabi Music, Religious and Sufi music.[3] Contents [hide] 1 Early life and training 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Discography 4.1 Music albums 4.2 Tracks on Compilations 4.3 Devotional albums 4.4 Singles 5 References 6 External links [edit]Early life and training

He was born Saleem Shahkoti[4] (Saleem Shahzada),[2] in Shahkot,Jalandhar, Punjab [1] He is the son of the famous Sufi singer Ustad Pooran Shah Koti, who was also the guru of folk singers, Hans Raj Hans, Jasbir Jassi and Sabar Koti. At the age of six Saleem also became his disciple and started learning singing.[5]he had a great inspiration from Pakistani Classical Singer Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib [edit]Career

Anuradha Paudwal is a popular playback singer in Bollywood in India. She has sung songs in Hindi, Marathi, Oriya, and Nepali.

She studied at Xavier's College in Mumbai. She was married to the late Arun Paudwal, who worked with music director S. D. Burman as his assistant. Her singing career started in 1973 with the movie, Abhimaan, (starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan) in which she sang a Shloka (a Sanskrit verse). In the same year she also made her Marathi film debut with "Yashoda" (music by Datta Davjekar). In 1974, she brought out a record of Non-film Marathi songs or "bhav geeten" which became very popular.

In 1976, she got her break as a playback singer in Hindi films with Kalicharan (starring Shatrughan Sinha and Reena Roy). Her first solo was in the movie, Aap Beati, (starring Hema Malini and Shashi Kapoor). Laxmikant-Pyarelal were the music-composer duo for that movie. She also occasionally sang songs for composers Rajesh Roshan (Des Pardes), Jaidev (Dooriyan, Laila Majnu), Kalyanji Anandji (Kalaakar, Vidhaata), and Usha Khanna (Souten, Sajan Bina Suhagan).

Narendra Chanchal is an Indian musician who specializes in Punjabi bhentein. He was born to a religious Punjabi family in Namak Mandi, Amritsar. He has received several awards including the 1973 "Filmfare Best Male Playback Award" for his first song "Beshak Mandir Masjid Todo," the "Bobby Award" for his number "Beshak Mandir Masjid Todo" in the film "Bobby" by Raj Kapoor, and the "Raj Kapoor Memorial Award." He was recently made an honorary citizen of the US state of Georgia.

Narendra Chanchal has recently released the book on his life, struggles and hardships he had to face, to achieve what he is today, what he thinks about Mata Rani and what is his dreams and aim yet to achieve.Indeeed a good read. The Name of the Book is Midnight Singer.