Maimansingha Gitika (Bengali: মৈমনসিংহ গীতিকা), English: Maimansingha Ballads), is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. They were published in English as Eastern Bengal Ballads. Dinesh Chandra Sen collected the songs, and Dinesh Chandra Sen was the editor; the collection was published by the University of Calcutta, along with another similar publication named Purbabanga-Gitika. Researcher Asaddor Ali discovered that nine famous so-called Mymensingh Gitika were actually Sylheti in origin.
Since ancient times, songs revolving around Radha and Krishna’s love life has been an integrated part of Bengali culture and heritage. From the literary point of view, Sri Krishna Kirtana Kabya is a pastoral drama in verse composed by Boru Chandidas. On the other hand, The Vaishnava Padavali, refers to a period in medieval Bengali literature from the 15th to 17th centuries by Shri Chaitanya.
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