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{{short description|Indian singer}}
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{{EngvarB|date=December 2017}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Hari Om Sharan
| image = [[Image:Hari Om Sharan (1932-2007).jpg]]
| caption = Hari Om Sharan
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=y|1932|09|26}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|12|17|1932|09|26}}
| death_place = [[Queens, NY|Queens]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
| instrument = [[Harmonium]]
| genre = [[Playback singing]]
| occupation = Singer and lyricist
| years_active = 1973–2007
| label = [[HMV]], [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]], [[All India Radio]]
| associated_acts =
| website =
}}

'''Hari Om Sharan''' (26 September 1932 – 18 December 2007) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Hindu]] devotional singer and lyricist. He devoted most of his career in singing [[Bhajan|devotional songs]] in praise of [[Sita]], [[Rama]], and [[Hanuman]]. As a Bhajan singer in the 1970s he recorded albums such as ''Premanjali Pushpanjali'', and ''Daata Ek Ram''. His bhajans namely 'Tera Ram ji Karenge Bedaa Paar', 'Maili Chadar Odhke Kaise', 'Aarti Kunj Bihari ki', 'Aisa Pyar Bahaa De Maiyya', 'Shree Radhey Govinda', 'Hanuman Chalisa', 'Govind Jai Jai Gopal Jai Jai' are very popular amongst devotees around the world. During his devotional recordings spanning over 35 years, he released over 20 Bhajan albums.<ref>[http://www.hariomsharan.com/musicgall.html <s>Albums of Hari Om Sharan</s>]</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life===
Hari Om Sharan was born in [[Lahore]], now in [[Pakistan]], on 26 September 1932. His family migrated to [[India]], after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name=trini>[http://www.newsday.co.tt/letters/0,70390.html Hari Om Sharan dies in NY] [[Trinidad and Tobago]]'s Newsday. www.newsday.co.tt.26 December 2007, ''Retrieved:2008-08-02.''</ref>

===Recording career===
He became a professional singer in 1973, singing his first album for HMV. During a trip to [[Guyana]], he met Nandini, a [[Hindu]] [[Indo-Guyanese]] woman, whom he later married, and settled down with in India.<ref name=trini/>
[[Image:Hari1.JPG|right|thumb|200px|[[Hari Om Sharan & Murli Manohar Swarup - Pushpanjali]]]]

He appeared briefly in an English film, ''[[Holy Smoke!]]'' (1999), as a singer.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100224213137/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1174198/Hari-Om-Sharan/filmography Hari Om Sharan filmography] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref>

===Singers pay tribute===
In 2004, an album of Hari Om's bhajans, sung by the front runners of India's music industry, titled ''Hari Om – Salutation'', was released. The contributors to this album included: Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Anup Jalota]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Richa Sharma, Sadhana Sargam, Shaan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, and Sunidhi Chauhan and was created by Neil Prashad. Percussionist Sivamani provides the backdrop.<ref>[http://www.devimandir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=104 Tribute album by Indian music Industry]</ref>

==Bhajans==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Bhajan
! Album
! Year
|-
| Aisa pyar baha de maiyya
| –
|-
| Govind jai jai Gopal jai jai
| –
|-
| Hanuman Chalisa
| Hanuman Chalisa
|-
| Maili Chadar Odhake
| ''Premanjali''
|-
| Aarti Kunj Bihari ki
| –
|-
| Pawansut vinati barambar
| –
|-
| Prabhu hum pe kripa karna
| –
|-
| Rakh laaj meri Ganpati
| –
|-
| Shyam Kaho Sai Kaho
| –
|-
| Bhaj govinda jai gopala
| ''Sumiran''
| 1980
|-
| Durgati harini Durga
| ''Sumiran''
| 1980
|-
| Jai bhola bhandari shivhar
| ''Sumiran''
| 1980
|-
| Ram rahim ram
| ''Sumiran''
| 1980
|-
| Tere naam ka sumiran karke
| ''Sumiran''
| 1980
|-
| Vinay meri sun lijiye
| –
|-
| Na ye tera na ye mera
| –
|-
| Sweekaro Mere Parnaam
| ''Premanjali''
|-
| Sai Teri Yaad Maha
| ''Premanjali''
|-
| Prabhu Ham Pre Kripa Karna
| ''Premanjali''
|-
| Ram Sumier Ke Rahem
| ''Premanjali''
|-
| Jagdambike Jai Jai Jag Janani Maa
|-
|-
|}

==Discography==
* Pushpanjali (1972)
* Premanjali (1977)
* Sri Krishna Charit Maanas (Musical Drama – 1979)
* Jai Jai Shri Hanuman (1979)
* Devi Geet (1979)
* Sumiran (1980)
* Aaradhan (1981)
* Daata Ek Raam
* Bhakti Vandan
* Sri Hanuman Chalisa
* Aarti Archan
* Bhajan Uphaar
* Kabir Vani
* Chalo Man Vrindavan Ki Oor
* Bhajan Deepanjali
* Kahat Kabhir Suno Bhai Sadho
* Govind Ke Gun Ga Ley (1984)
* Sai Kripa (1984)
* Gunn Gaan (1994)
* [[Shiv Mahima]] (1994)
* Ram Bhakt Hanuman (1996)
* Sampoorna Sundara Kaand (1994)

Some rare songs worth special mention are "Koi Samjhe Bhakt" (Album:Gungaan); "Masjid kardi Dwarika","Vipda Mithanewale" (Album:Sai Kripa) and "Ab na bani to phir na banegi" (Album: Govind ke gun ga ley).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://gaana.com/artist/hari-om-sharan Hari Om Sharan all tracks on gaana.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010623031644/http://www.bhaktisangeet.com/bhajan/hariomsharan/hos1.html Listen to Hari Om Sharan Bhajans online]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharan, Hari Om}}
[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Bhajan singers]]
[[Category:Indian Hindus]]
[[Category:Singers from Lahore]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]

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