Ramprasad Sen’s Bengali Shakta Poetry: Intimate Devotion to the Divine Mother
Ramprasad Sen is a major voice in Bengali Shakta devotional poetry, especially songs addressed to the Divine Mother, Kali. His devotional voice can be intimate, questioning and emotionally candid. Rather than presenting the divine only as distant majesty, these songs often imagine a relationship marked by affection, dependence, complaint and trust. Devotion as relationship In intimate devotional …
