Ways of Worship - 3

The next type of worship is KEERTHANAM

Singing devotional songs, chanting mantras, telling devotional stories, giving sound advice, appreciating satkarmaas all come under the ambit of Keerthanam. One needs training to sing songs or chant mantras without Sruthi bhedam. A badly sung song or a poorly rendered mantra may not be quite sravyam to others and in fact may have the opposite effect. However, a well sung song without upasana and bhakthi is meaningless. The Keerthanam should be pleasant to hear and invoke godliness in the listener