Abhangvari will provide a platform to the Boy band Abhang Repost to spread the celebration through their modern versions of popular Abhangs. Starting July 8, 9X Jhakaas will exclusively air one new ...

The Bhakti movement between the seventh and 17th centuries challenged medieval social hierarchies, frequently targeting caste ...

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 ...

Not every singer can sing abhang. It requires a certain bent of mind. You need to understand lyrics, emotion and music.

As Abhangawari expands beyond Maharashtra, vocalist Rahul Deshpande speaks about taking the timeless wisdom of saint poetry ...

For a generation moving away from traditional notions, the rituals of Vaarkaris and their songs might feel archaic. The six-member band, Abhanga Repost, hopes to change this with their updated avatar ...

Language has never been a barrier for the devout. Thukaram Ganapthi Maharaj, a Tamilian varkari kirtankar from Kanyakumari is a shining example of this. Nagpur: Language has never been a barrier for ...

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 ...

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 Marathi, Lata Mangeshkar sang ...

‘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 ...

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