Rehmat Khubchandani’s hands are up. She lets out a delighted ‘oohoo’ as she emerges from the crowd. The music is upbeat, with a club-style energy, but the song is a bhajan. Around, some women dance, ...

Chennai: A concept which used to be commonly practised a century ago — Veedhi Bhajans — is being revived, or rather experimented with, by Sastra Satsangh. Groups of musicians — bhagavathars — would ...

Introducing a night club-like atmosphere, minus the alcohol, bhajan clubbing is catching on in many Indian cities, including in Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru, as well as the US. Participants skew ...

Participants sit, sway, or dance to bhajans remixed with techno, lo-fi, or electronic beats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spotlighted this rising trend in his 130th episode of Mann Ki Baat, praising ...

This Sunday, Kolkata-based sibling duo Backstage Siblings — Prachi and Raghav — are set to bring their signature blend of soulful bhajans and Bollywood chartbusters to Chennai. Their performance, ...

For decades, the rhythm of devotion followed a familiar geography — temples at dawn, sabhas in December, wooden chairs aligned in reverent rows. But today, spiritual music is learning to share space ...

CHENNAI: A pall of gloom descended over Sundaram, Sri Sathya Saibaba’s Abode of Peace on Sundaram Salai in R A Puram on Sunday, following the news of the demise of the spiritual leader. CHENNAI: A ...

New Delhi: The Delhi government plans to promote bhajan clubbing – a growing cultural phenomenon that blends devotional music with contemporary presentation styles – as part of its strategy to boost ...