Bhajan - Giridhar Gopala

Hirabai Barodekar recorded Bhajan – Giridhar Gopala as the thirteenth track on her compilation album The Great Heritage: Hirabai Barodekar. Saregama released the album on CD in 2011. The devotional composition spans 3 minutes and 13 seconds.

Barodekar belonged to the Kirana gharana and specialized in khyal, bhajan, and thumri traditions. The album compiles her performances from archival recordings, though specific session dates for Giridhar Gopala remain undocumented. Saregama sourced the material from its vault of Indian classical and semi-classical music.

The track exemplifies Barodekar’s rendition style, characterized by clarity in taan execution and emotional phrasing in bhajan delivery. The lyrics invoke the divine child-form of Krishna, a common theme in Hindustani devotional repertoire. Accompaniment details for this recording are not publicly verified.

The Great Heritage: Hirabai Barodekar positions the artist alongside contemporaries in Saregama’s heritage series, which repackages historical performances for modern audiences. The CD format includes liner notes, though the extent of documentation for individual tracks varies. Barodekar’s contributions to 20th-century Hindustani music remain foundational in bhajan and light-classical genres.