Why are musicians B Praak, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kailash Kher, Shankar Mahadevan ...
From releasing devotional songs and episodes to singing at Maha Kumbh Mela and having kirtans at home, we look at the ...
The minstrel from Nagore
Hanifa, an iconic minstrel of Islamic devotional songs in Tamil had strong links with Nagore, the town in Nagapattinam that ...
Kamani Moodley releases soul-stirring Murugan bhajans for Kavady
A compilation of soul-stirring Murugan bhajans has been released just in time for Kavady by singer and musician, Kamani Moodley. Moodley, who is a Carnatic and devotional singer, recorded the Kavady ...
Skanda Sashti February 2025: Date, Time, Puja Rituals and Significance
Skanda Sashti will be celebrated on February 3rd, 2025. This festival honors Lord Murugan's victory over the demon Surapadman. Tamil-speaking communit ...
How Prasanna keeps the audience enthralled at his solo guitar shows
From Ilaiyaraaja and Carnatic to Bob Dylan, at his recent ‘Electric Prasanna Land’ show in Chennai, the musician took the ...
How images of birds enliven Indian classical music
Bhakti poet Andal, Marathi mystic Dhyaneshwar and Tamil poet Subramania Bharati have all used birds as rich metaphorical ...
Bhakti over bhakts
The Bhakti tradition made modern India what it is. It is another thing that some contemporary schools of political ideology ...