Renowned classical musicians such as Kishori Amonkar and Pt. Bhimsen Joshi have played a significant role in popularising ...

Every year, lakhs of warkaris (devotees) walk hundreds of kilometres across Maharashtra in the centuries-old Pandharpur Wari, ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From Pandharpur's pilgrimage trails to the former US president's 2025 playlist, a 13th-century Marathi prayer for universal brotherhood has leapt across time and tides to find a place in Barack ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...