Lyrics Lyrics of the Ramdhun (Gandhi's version) The song was extensively used to project a secular and composite vision of Indian society - it was sung during the 1930 Salt March.
Gandhi modified the original bhajan, adding that the Ishwar of the Hindus and the Allah of the Muslims were one and the same, to make the song more secular-looking and to spread the message of reconciliation between Hindus and Muslims. There have been many versions of the Ramdhun, and the version that Mahatma Gandhi used had an "ecumenical flavour" to it. Hence, explains Gandhi, "Ramdhun, meaning intoxication with God His wish was promptly granted: Rama appeared in his mind with his wife Sita, and three of their devotees. Until Vishnu revealed himself as Rama he would not bow his head in prayer. While on a pilgrimage visiting the Vishnu temple of Dakore, Northern India, Tulsidas was moved to bargain with Vishnu. According to the legend that he preferred it was composed by the great Hindu poet Tulsidas (1532-1623). He origin of Ramdhun is shrouded in legend. Īnthony Parel writes in Gandhi's Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony, It is believed to have been either written by Tulsidas (or based on his work Ramcharitmanas) or based on a 17th-century sung-prayer by the Marathi saint-poet Ramdas. The precise origins of the song are not entirely clear.
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