Gosaunik Geet ( Maithili: गोसाउनिक गीत) are devotional folk songs sung in the

Mithila region Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothil ...

Maithils Maithils (Devanagari: मैथिल), also known as Maithili people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan cultural and ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent, who speak the Maithili language as their native language. They inhabit ...

through which they try to please their ''Kul Devi''. It is sung during the auspicious occasions of Mundana, Upanayana and marriage, etc at the

Gosaunik Ghar Gosaunik Ghar (Maithili language, Maithili: गोसाउनिक घर) is special worship room of the Kuladevata, Kuldevata or ''Kuldevi'' also called as ''Gosaun'' or ''Gosauni'' in the houses of Maithils, Maithil people in the Mithila (reg ...

of Maithils.

Vidyapati Vidyapati ( – 1448), also known by the sobriquet ''Maithil Kavi Kokil'' (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and ...

was one of the prominent Maithili poet who is credited for composing and singing the famous Gosaunik Geet "''Jai Jai Bhairavi''".

Description

In the Mithila region, ''

sanskar Samskara (Sanskrit: संस्कार, IAST: , sometimes spelled ''samskara'') are sacraments in Hinduism and other Indian religions, described in ancient Sanskrit texts, as well as a concept in the karma theory of Indian philosophies. The ...

'' rituals of Maithils like Mundana and Upanayana, etc start with Gosaunik Geet. There are many Gosaunik Geets sung by Maithil women during some auspicious ceremonial days in their homes and families. The Maithili poet Vidyapati composed a very famous Gosaunik Geet having title ''"Jai Jai Bhairavi"'', which is sung during some cultural ceremonies and programs in the region.

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