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 ...

Pune: The ‘Namacha Gajar’ programme, an annual celebration of the warkari sect’s devotional poetry, returns for its eighth edition, aiming to transport audiences on a transcendent journey through the ...

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 ...

This Sunday (July 6) marks Ashadi Ekadashi, a major festival in Maharashtra and a significant day for the Warkari sect that culminates in a pilgrimage to the Vitthal temple in Pandharpur. To mark the ...

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 ...

Growing up in India in the 1970s, one was made acutely aware of regional differences constantly. When one got into a train in Delhi, and got out in, for instance, Bhuj, Gujarat, the clothes, food in ...

An abhang concert, dedicated to the memory of Bhimsen Joshi, features popular vocalists An abhang concert, dedicated to the memory of Bhimsen Joshi, features popular vocalists Such an assembly has a ...

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 ...

The city-based folk fusion band, who will be performing at the first Mahindra Roots Festival at Bandra Fort Amphitheatre this weekend, spoke to Mid-day Online about making it to the big stage, ...

Growing up in India in the 1970s, one was made acutely aware of regional differences constantly. When one got into a train in Delhi, and got out in, for instance, Bhuj, Gujarat, the clothes, food in ...