What Bhajans can you find here
This website is dedicated to Bhajans sung in the presence of Sathya Sai Baba in His ashrams in South India and in Sai centres around the world.
What's unique about this website
On this website you can learn the Bhajans by the means of audio & music notation & translation on one page per Bhajan.
How do Indian Bhajans come to Switzerland
Some Swiss Sai devotees and musicians dedicate themselves to singing, playing and teaching these Bhajans. For this purpose they have edited books with the transcription from original Indian audio sources of 3 x 108 Bhajans (324 Bhajans) in western music notation.
Why do we sing Bhajans
In 1968 Sathya Sai Baba said: "Sing aloud the glory of God and charge the atmosphere with divine adoration; the clouds will pour the sanctity through rain on the fields; the crops will feed on it and purify and fortify the food; the food will induce divine urges in man. This is the chain of progress. This is the reason why I insist on group singing of the names of the Lord."
: Typical of Moers’ work (like Captain Bluebear ), the book features his own distinctive comic-style illustrations that complement the bizarre narrative. Critical Reception
While originally a printed comic/picture book, Der Fönig is available in digital formats.
: The core of the book is the "F" and "K" swap, which creates a surreal reading experience and serves as the primary source of comedy.
The story follows a king (Fönig) who is obsessed with hunting and plagued by his own linguistic quirks. It subverts traditional fairy tale tropes with Moers’ signature dark humor and absurdist wit.
Der Fönig: Amazon.co.uk: Moers, Walter, Bach, Dirk: 9783844513554
: In an EPUB format, Moers' detailed illustrations are preserved alongside the text. However, because the humor relies heavily on visual wordplay and specific layouts, some readers prefer the physical or audio versions.
: You can find digital editions on major platforms like Amazon or German-specific e-book retailers like Thalia or Hugendubel .
: Readers describe it as "föniglich amüsiert" (kingly/fing-ly amused), noting it as a fun read for both children and adults who enjoy wordplay.
: Typical of Moers’ work (like Captain Bluebear ), the book features his own distinctive comic-style illustrations that complement the bizarre narrative. Critical Reception
While originally a printed comic/picture book, Der Fönig is available in digital formats.
: The core of the book is the "F" and "K" swap, which creates a surreal reading experience and serves as the primary source of comedy.
The story follows a king (Fönig) who is obsessed with hunting and plagued by his own linguistic quirks. It subverts traditional fairy tale tropes with Moers’ signature dark humor and absurdist wit.
Der Fönig: Amazon.co.uk: Moers, Walter, Bach, Dirk: 9783844513554
: In an EPUB format, Moers' detailed illustrations are preserved alongside the text. However, because the humor relies heavily on visual wordplay and specific layouts, some readers prefer the physical or audio versions.
: You can find digital editions on major platforms like Amazon or German-specific e-book retailers like Thalia or Hugendubel .
: Readers describe it as "föniglich amüsiert" (kingly/fing-ly amused), noting it as a fun read for both children and adults who enjoy wordplay.
Martin Lienhard
Physicist, viola & sitar
Langenbruck, Switzerland
music transcriptions, project coordination first book
Roger Dietrich Moers, Walter Der Foenig epub
Social worker, flute & bansuri
Luzern, Switzerland
music transcriptions, project coordination second book
Reto Küng
Artist, sax & tabla
Basel, Switzerland
music transcriptions third book, translations, webmaster
Stefanie Lienhard : Typical of Moers’ work (like Captain Bluebear
Homeopath, harmonium
Langenbruck, Switzerland
supporter of the project, critical tester of the notations
Links to other interesting pages with Sai Bhajans
http://vahini.org/downloads/babasbhajans.html
http://prasanthi-mandir-bhajan.net/00Index.htm
https://sairhythms.sathyasai.org/songs
http://www.saidarshan.org/baba/docs/saib.html
http://www.saibaba.ws/bhajans.htm
https://stream.sssmediacentre.org:8443/bhajan
Scientific Sanskrit Dictionary
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de