Over decades we are familiar to listen to the sansrit slokas from Chandi in an unique way from legedary Sri Birendra Krtishna Bhadra…The lines start with like this Aswiner Sharodo praate beje utheche alokomonjir…its shivers the feeling in our blood that its devi poksha the onset of Durga puja. The Mahisasurmardini was scripted by legendary Bani Kumar, Music by Pankaj Kumar Mullick and Biredra Krishna Bhadra in Chandipath a combination for centuries a mark that is still a masterpiece. This programme was aired by All India Radio and was presented live for 30 years since 1932.

So many legendary music artist have contributed to this programme in singing beatiful songs and they are :

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay (Jago Tumi Jago, Jago Durga, Jago Dashoprohoronadharini)
Pratima Bandopadhyay (Amala Kirane)
Shyamal Mitra (Subhra Sankha)
Sandhya Mukhopadhyay (Bimane Bimane Aloker Gaane)
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay (Tabo Achintya)
Arati Mukhopadhyay (Subhra Sankha)
Supriti Ghosh (Bajlo Tomar Alor Benu)
Pankaj Kumar Mullick (Namo Chandi Namo Chandi)
Utpala Sen (Shanti Dile Bhori)
Tarun Bandopadhyay (Hey Chinmoyi)
Krishna Dasgupta (Akhilo Bimane Tabo Jayagaane)
Sumitra Sen (Mago Tabo Bine)
Ashima Bhattacharya (Subhra Sankha)
Shipra Bose (Ogo amar agomoni)
Bimal Bhushan (Jayanti Mangala Kali)

This event still today has been an eternal part of our life and our atmost respect remain in our heart for all the artist.

Source : Wikipedia, and other common media source.

It has been aired at 4 AM every last day of Pitri Paksha. Once in 1976 , an attempt was taken to change the content . In fact Mahanayak Uttam Kumar was invited as a presenter and also to to chant the shlokas in place of Birendra Krishna Bhadra. New songs were composed by Hemant Kumar Mukherjee sung by the same artistes. However this content was rejected by Bengalis across the globe . Mahishashurmardini, or Mahalaya as we commonly call, signals the advent of the celebrations and any Bengali residing in any part of the world, waits for the divine moment by listening to the voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra chanting the shlokas, listening to a galaxy of singers doling out melodious numbers composed by Pankaj Kumar Mullick and scripted by Bani Kumar. Certain songs like *Bajlo Tomar Alor Benu* , *Ogo Amar Agomoni* , *Jago tumi Jago* and *Tobo Achintyo* by Supreeti Ghosh, Sipra Bose, Dwijen Mukherjee, Manabendra Mukherjee became a part and parcel of Bengali’s life. It practically became the audio favourite around which every Bengali would hear or overhear (as it is played in many neighbourhood loudspeakers too) from 4 a.m. The last live took place in 1958 when the production was recorded for perpetuity. The icons who are indispensible to the Bengali culture, and will remain so till the last day of civilisation and perhaps, even beyond.