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Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram
A devotional song popularised by Gandhi
"Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram" (also called Ram Dhun) is a bhajan (devotional song) widely popularised by Mahatma Gandhi and set to tune by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in RagaMishra Gara.[1][2][3]
History
Origins
The precise origins of the song are not entirely clear.[4] It is believed to have been either written by Tulsidas (or based on his work Ramcharitmanas)[5] or based on a 17th-century sung-prayer by the Marathi saint-poet Ramdas.[6][7]
It is also claimed to have been taken from Nama Ramayana (or Sri Nama Ramayanam), attributed to Lakshmanacharya.[8][9]Nama Ramayana is a devotional song in Sanskrit,[10][11] which narrates the Ramayana through the chanting of the many names of Rama.[12] It has 108 verses, commencing with "Shuddha Brahma Paratpara Rama" and each of its lines e