His final piece, the popular Marathi Bhajan Kanada Raja Pandharicha, was preceded by a bandish in Raga Malkauns, traditionally offered to Shiva. The audience rose to their feet in awe of Deshpande ...

Dalit activist Bhimrao Kardak has been credited for the popularity of this folk form that’s influenced by Marathi tamasha ... referring to bhajans that laud Buddha and Ambedkar.

When Sahasrabuddhe, who had been singing Kabir bhajans since childhood and had recently attended ... That’s the beauty of the dawn chorus,” says Biniwale, who has written a Marathi poem, where each ...

Nearly 700 Marathi-speaking Pakistani nationals in Karachi are preserving their language and culture, despite being a minority. They celebrate traditional Maharashtrian festivals and hope to ...

#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the inauguration of the 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. The special gesture from the Prime Minister won ...

Sonu Nigam's response could be seen in the context of Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma leaving his concert midway in December last year. At the Rising Rajasthan event (December 9 ...

Actor Sivakarthikeyan is filming 'Parasakthi' in Karaikudi and has chosen a profit-sharing model over a fixed salary. The film, directed by Sudha Kongara, has a budget exceeding Rs 200 crore.

“The vachanas of Akka Mahadevi, Andal, or Meera Bai’s bhajans, are celebrated for their poetry. When you look at their lives alongside their works, however, it is rendered monochromatically as ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indoreans created a ruckus after police stopped bhajans at a temple on the night of Mahashivratri on Wednesday. The angry locals, led by the temple priest, marched to the ...