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सौंदर्य

Beauty

The thing that stops you.

Faces, landscapes, paintings and moments that were simply beautiful, and the poets who tried to say exactly how.

Poems: 117
Poets: 36
Typical read: 0.6 min
Common mood: Shringara

Featured verse

नन्हा सा बच्चा , सब देखता है, सुनता है,

बच्चा Pratibha Saxena

Begin here

शान्त· Shanta

बाहर-भीतर

Bahar-Bhitar

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'

1 verse · ~6 lines · 1 min

Mind · Plate: Mountain Landscape

Dipak Raga: Folio from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

शृंगार· Shringara

सारा घर आग-आग हो गया

Saara Ghar Aag-Aag Ho Gaya

Dinesh Singh

5 verses · ~13 lines · 1 min

Sunlight · Plate: Dipak Raga: Folio from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Krishna Playing the Flute, Scene from the Bihari Sat Sai

शृंगार· Shringara

हरि-सिर बाँकी बिराजै

Hari Sir Banki Birajai

Bharatendu Harishchandra

1 verse · ~4 lines · 1 min

Krishna · Plate: Krishna Playing the Flute, Scene from the Bihari Sat Sai

Voices

सूरदास

Surdas

14 poems

जगदीश गुप्त

Jagdish Gupta

10 poems

सुमित्रानंदन पंत

Sumitranandan Pant

10 poems

तुलसीदास

Tulsidas

9 poems

अयोध्या सिंह उपाध्याय ‘हरिऔध’

Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay 'Hariaudh'

7 poems

साहिर लुधियानवी

Sahir Ludhianvi

6 poems

शृंगार· Shringara

सोनजुही

Sonjuhi

Sumitranandan Pant

1 verse · ~31 lines · 2 min

Nature · Plate: Girl on a Swing

शृंगार· Shringara

चांदनी जब नाम पूछे

Chandani Jab Naam Poche

Rakesh Khandelwal

7 verses · ~21 lines · 1 min

Consciousness · Plate: Shiva and Parvati Seated on a Terrace

शृंगार· Shringara

क्या हर्ज़ है

Kya Harz Hai

Bhawani Prasad Mishra

14 verses · ~30 lines · 2 min

Dream · Plate: Damayanti and Her Maidservant

शृंगार· Shringara

साँझ-4

Sanjh-4

Jagdish Gupta

15 verses · ~35 lines · 2 min

Love · Plate: Young Woman with a Veena

शृंगार· Shringara

मेरे जीवन के पथ पर

Mere Jeevan Ke Path Par

Kavi Pradeep

3 verses · ~14 lines · 1 min

Moon · Plate: Rambha

शृंगार· Shringara

बसंत

Basant

Raghuvir Sahay

4 verses · ~34 lines · 2 min

Spring · Plate: Dushyanta and Shakuntala

Krishna and Radha in a Monsoon Landscape

शृंगार· Shringara

सखी री ठाढ़े नंदकिसोर

Sakhi Ri Thadhe Nandakisor

Bharatendu Harishchandra

1 verse · ~4 lines · 1 min

Krishna · Plate: Krishna and Radha in a Monsoon Landscape

शृंगार· Shringara

अति अनियारे मानौ सान दै सुधारे

Ati Aniyare Manau San Dai Sudhare

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

1 verse · ~7 lines · 1 min

Beauty · Plate: Sri Rama Breaking the Bow of Shiva

शान्त· Shanta

विकच वदन

Vikach Vadan

Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay 'Hariaudh'

4 verses · ~18 lines · 1 min

Humanity · Plate: Swarna Mohini

शृंगार· Shringara

संध्या सुन्दरी

Sandhya Sundari

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

3 verses · ~29 lines · 1 min

Evening · Plate: Rupasundari

शृंगार· Shringara

सद्यःस्नाता

Sadyasnata

Ashok Vajpeyi

6 verses · ~6 lines · 1 min

Water · Plate: At The Bath

शृंगार· Shringara

ललना-लाभ

Lalana-Labh

Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay 'Hariaudh'

5 verses · ~13 lines · 1 min

Women · Plate: Rambha

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