A three-day-long Sufi and devotional music festival “Samarpan”, organised by the Bhubaneswar Music Circle and the Odisha Tourism concluded here on Wednesday after entertaining the denizens of Bhubaneswar with the soulful voices of some renowned artists.
The sixth edition of the festival showcased performances by some of the most revered names in Sufi music. Since concerts in this genre of music are rare in Odisha, the festival won over the hearts of music lovers by presenting a cross section of devotional music drawn from the Sufi tradition as well as others with similar philosophy.
The first performance of the inaugural evening was Abhangs by Shr Omkar Dadarkar. Abhangs, is a form of devotional poetry sung in the praise of lord Vitthala or Vithoba with shrine at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. He was accompanied by Ashok Mukherjee (Tabla), Anirban Chakraborty (harmonium) and Paramanand Roy (flute).
The second evening started with Odia Bhajans by Bijay Kumar Jena and Group. Other singers are Harapriya Swain, Gita Manjari Behera, Sushant Panda and Sangitanjali Nanda. They were accompanied Ajay Kumar Chaudhury (Tabla), Balaram Bal (keyboard), Srinivas Satpathy (flute) and Tapas Kumar Sahu (percussion).
The concluding presentation of the second evening was poetry of Vidyapati by Ranjana Jha. She was accompanied Sanjay Kumar Thakur (Tabla), Jabahar Mishra (flute) and Swapneswar Chakraborty (Sitar). And on the last day of the music fest, it showcased Punjabi Sufi Kalams and Sufi Qawwali by renowned artists Radhika Sood Nayak and Warsi Brothers
Radhika Sood Nayak presents Punjabi Sufi Kalams ‘Ki Jaan Main Kaun’, which depicted journey into the poetry of Sufi mystics such as Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussein, Baba Farid and Sultan Bahoo. She was accompanied on Vinod Padge(harmonium), Sadanand Mullick (Dholak) and Bhabatosh Mohanty (guitar).
The concluding presentation for the evening was Sufi Qawwali by Warsi Brothers- Amjad Aziz Ahmed Khan Warsi, Asad Zaheer Ahmed Khan Warsi are artists of Delhi Gharana, noted for its melody.
The singers are recognised specially for their traditional Sufiana Qawwali, Ghazal, Thumri, Bhajan and classical Bandish. The group members comprised Jenab Amjad Khan Warsi, Jenab Asad Khan Warsi, Jenab Muhtesham Ahmed, Jenab Juned Ahmed and Jenab Naveed Ahmed.