Devotion takes centrestage as singers from different parts of the country converge to render beautiful abhangs (devotional songs) at the Bolava Vitthal concert that promises to be a mesmeric ...

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A rain-washed dusk slowly settles over the street as the first strains of the ‘Abhangs’ begin to be heard. Slowly at first. Then the pitch rises to the accompaniment of clanging ‘Jalras’ and temple ...

"Maharashtra Abhang ratna, Shri K. Ganesh kumar", considered very good in rendering of Marathi abhangs in India and all over the world, is conferred the title Maharashtra abhang ratna, by the temple ...

A vernacular folk-fusion band in the city seeks to revive and reimagine the tradition of Marathi abhangs to attract millennial listeners (From left to right) Tushar Totre, Ajay Vavhal, Dushyant ...

Warkari is a tradition within the bhakti cult of Maharashtra. Central to the ‘Warkari Sampraday’ is the annual pilgrimage or the ‘wari’ to the temple of Vitthal in Pandharpur that stands on the banks ...

‘Bolava Vitthal’, an evening of abhangs organised by Pancham Nishad to celebrate Ashadhi Ekadashi at Chowdiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru, has become an inalienable part of the city’s musicscape . The ...

Over the past two decades, Kolkata-based Kaushiki Chakraborty has established herself as one of the leading Hindustani classical vocalists of her generation. A representative of the Patiala gharana, ...

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Hundreds and thousands of film songs in more than a dozen languages, ghazals, patriotic songs and also 'bhav geet', the quintessential semi-classical, non-filmi songs in ...

Thirty five walls across the city of Navi Mumbai will depict prominent literature by Marathi poets in the form of calligraphy; to promote Marathi literature and to get residents to take up reading, ...