ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the repertoire of devotional songs compiled by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, formally published as Ashram Bhajanavali, as inextricably interwoven with the Gandhian code of politics and the Gandhian vision of social regeneration. The chapter examines the affinity drawn between the culture espoused at Sabarmati Ashram by Gandhi in his intertwining of prayers, songs and national resurrection. In its exploration of how this sonic nationalism was integral to the Gandhian mode of activism, this chapter studies the trajectory of musical evolution that informed his scheme of ethical practice.
