A three-day “Festival of Bhakti, Mystical and Traditional Music” will be witnessed at Tagore Theatre here starting October 10.
The festival of Sufi and traditional music will be organised by Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi in the evening from October 10-13.On the inaugural day, Bhakti Pravaha, a thematic concert based on Bhakti compositions written by various saint poets of India, ranging from Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Braj, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Marathi will be performed by versatile and prolific singer Sudha Raghuraman, who has more than 200 recordings to her credit.
She has recently been conferred with the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar in vocal music by the Sangeet Natak Akademy. On October 11, the young Sufi gem of Punjab, lakhwinder Wadali, will perform.His style of singing is unique and his fine blend of classical and contemporary music. Born into the sixth generation of musicians given to singing the messages of Sufi Saints, lakhwinder belongs to famous Wadali family of Patiala Gharana
On the last day of festival, “Punjabi Rang-Sufi Sang” will be performed by Dr Mamta Joshi, who will be singing Sufi poetry as well as traditional Punjabi songs. Mamta learnt classical music from renowned Pt Shankarlal Mishra and Arun Mishra and weaves Indore Gharana in her Sufiana Qalaams.