Hari-naama-keertanam is a marvelous devotional song in adoration of Lord Hari, the Supreme. This hymn, rich in philosophical and spiritual content, composed by the seventeenth century seer, Ezhuthachan, contains sixty six verses, written in Malayalam, the native tongue of the Malabar Coast now known as Kerala. Hari-naama-keertanam means praise to the name of Hari, the Almighty Maha Vishnu, ( Narayana), the Lord supreme. Its appeal to the masses and the elite alike was so profound that it soon spread to all the corners of Kerala by word of mouth at a time when the printing press and the other...