Hari Awan Ki Awaz

Hari Awan Ki Awaz is a devotional bhajan performed by M.S. Subbulakshmi. The track appears as side A4 on the 1965 album Meera Bhajans, released by His Master’s Voice on a 12\" vinyl LP. The composition runs for 5 minutes and 1 second.

The album features Subbulakshmi’s renditions of bhajans attributed to the 16th-century mystic poet Meera. Meera Bhajans belongs to the North Indian devotional music tradition, blending elements of Hindustani classical and bhakti sangeet. The recording captures Subbulakshmi’s vocal technique, characterized by precise intonation and controlled embellishments typical of the Karnatik style she mastered.

His Master’s Voice, a subsidiary of EMI, produced the album in India. The vinyl format included liner notes, though specific details about accompanying instrumentalists or arrangers remain undocumented in widely available sources. The track Hari Awan Ki Awaz exemplifies the album’s thematic focus on divine love and surrender, central to Meera’s poetic works.

Subbulakshmi’s interpretation of Meera’s bhajans contributed to the broader dissemination of devotional music in mid-20th-century India. The album received recognition for its artistic merit, reinforcing her reputation as a leading exponent of classical and spiritual music. Later reissues of Meera Bhajans appeared in cassette and digital formats, though the original 1965 pressing remains a collector’s item.