Guru Poornima celebrated with the purest form of music in the perfect ambience of Shri Eklingnathji Temple by Eternal Mewar, is growing on people by the year. Those who understand Indian classical music simply close their eyes and drift away. Those who do not, are surprised at themselves responding to the melodies in such harmony. Above all, the vocalists and musicians themselves fall short of words to describe what they felt when they performed at Swaranjali 2013. They cannot thank Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar more for making this possible every year and bringing together the connoisseurs of music on a single platform while creating new ones. A platform that remains to be unique to Mewar and in the world.
Click on the thumbnail below to hear it from them and the prominent faces of the industry, what they found at Swaranjali 2013!
Ms. Vaishali Bakhore, Classical Vocalist, Indore
Shri Ram Kirishna Bose; Sitar, Santoor and Table Player, Udaipur
Mr. Ravindra Mishra - A Free Lancer Classical Critic
Ms. Soma Singh, Classical Vocalist, Delhi
Shri Sudhir Yardi, Harmonium Player, Surat
Shri K.C. Malu, Managing Director, Veena Cassettes
Shri Kaivalya Kumar, Classical Vocalist, Dharwad
Swaranjali 2013 is round the corner. Hindu mythology earmarks ‘Ashad Shukla’, the day of the full moon in the rainy season, as the auspicious day dedicated to The Teacher or Guru. 22nd July 2013 will see Mewar paying a musical tribute to Parmeshwaraji, an incarnation of Lord Shiva, at Shri Eklingji Temple. The temple is located in Kailashpuri, 21 K.M. s away from Udaipur.
What better way than an all-day long musical tribute to celebrate the custodianship of Mewar and the fellowship of Parmeshwaraji. The ceremony will commence with some of the world renowned classical music and vocal artists. The highlights of this ceremony will include:
Dr. Ashish S. Shastri, Ph.D in Music on the Sitar
Son of Shri Sharadbhai Shastri. popular Sitarist from Gujarat, India, Dr. Ashish picked up the sitar from the age of 10. Trained under Pt. Ravi Shankar and constantly risen in the field of music since then, he now has the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar’ (2007-08), a gold medal in ‘Sangit Alankar’ (M.A in music) and Ph.D examination, severalmemorable performances across the country and innumerable acknowledgements with the one from All India Radio & Television being primary.
Dr. Soma Joshi, Indian Vocalist
A gifted vocalist with a deep sense of aesthetical expression, Dr. Soma is an idol of grace and perfection. Spreading magic of her voice, Soma was initiated to music by Shri Dhiren Sen at Jamshedpur and later trained by Smt. Uma Guha. Later, she became a disciple of renowned Pandit Candrakant Apte, an exponent of Gwalior Gharana.
Today Soma cannot even count the achievements and acknowledgements earned enroute. M.A., M.Phil. and then a Ph.D. from the University of Delhi were earned while she also won a national scholarship from the Indian Government. A regualr artist with All India Radio, her CDs, titled ‘Aarti’, ‘Praatah Sumiran’ and ‘Gayatri Sahastranam’, produced by ‘Isha Music’ company, have been released by ‘Music Today’ company.
Sudhir S. Yardi on the Harmonium
Post-graduated as an engineer and now a teacher at an engineering college, Sudhir has always been equally connected with the world of music. Having chosen the Harmonium as his medium to connect with God from the tender age of 8, he has trained and excelled at it ever since. His musical journey has witnessed innumerable awards and several prestigious musical programmes across the country during which he has also accompanied the who’s who of the world of music. To name a few, Pt.Jasrajji, Sau.Kalpana Zokarkar, Ustad Rashid Khan. Today, Sudhir Yardi is one of the very few artists performing Harmonium Solo.
Ms. Vaishali Bakore
She started training under the tutelage of Shri Madhavrao Joshi and Smt Minakshi Gogte, Later became a disciple of Smt Kalpana Zokarkar of Indore
Shri Kaivaly Kumar Gurav
Pt. Kaivalya Kumar Gurav is the illustrious inheritor of a unique legacy of classical music. It was granted by the legendary Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Saheb to Pandit Ji's Grandfather, Pt. Ganpatrao Gurav and then handed down to his father Pt Sangmeshwar Gurav.
Pt. Kaivalya Kumar Gurav has nurtured it with his extraordinary musical powers and enhanced it with his deep study of the Omkar and the distinct style of music that he has developed. He has been the youngest artist ever to be designated as All India Radio's Top grade artist at the age of 35
Shri Patti Khan
AIR A grade Local artist. Initially trained by father Mohd. Khan Sidva and later became disciple of Ustad Munir Khan
Just what the first rain does to you after the prickling summer. With a wet breeze on a full moon night. As if the ambience were not enough to melt you, the classical music also hits you from afar and mesmerizes you. And you wonder, can this be real till you pinch yourself hard to believe.
You got it right! That time of the year is approaching and beckons you once again to succumb to the indulgent music by renowned vocalists and instrumentalists at the Ekling ji Temple, Kailaspuri. Started in the year 2003 by Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, Shree Eklingji Trust and Maharana Kumbha Sangeet Kala Trust jointly celebrate the Guru Poornima – a tribute to the teacher with the mystic ‘SWARANJALI’, which literally means a musical tribute.
Ekling ji temple is located 21 kms from Udaipur at Kailaspuri and is home to Parmeshwarji Maharaj, in whose honour is Swaranjali celebrated each year. This year, it is being celebrated on 22nd July. The musical ceremony will be carried out in two sittings: 10.30 am to 1.35 pm and 5.30 pm to 8.00 pm.
Hindustani Vocalist Ojhesh Pratap Singh on performing for Shree Eklingnath Ji in Swaranjali, 2012
Ojesh is a B-HIGH grade artist of All India Radio since 1993 and empanelled with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations for their foreign cultural exchange programs. As a child artist, he earlier performed regularly for Radio & Television and has now matured into a seasoned vocalist whose performances are marked by his acute sense of aesthetical embellishment and improvisation, conscious approach towards the purity of
raga, form and the literary content. Not only the audience, but eminent music critics also have also succumbed to the innovative beauty of his impeccable renderings.
Ojesh exhibited his aptitude and forte for Hindustani music at several solo concerts. The experience not only gave him a favourable exposure but also empowered him with the art of striking a rapport with the audience while striking a balance in maintaining the purity of the ragas during his renditions.
Swaranjali is a Guru Poornima Festival at the Eternal Mewar - A Musical-tribute to Parmeshwarji Maharaj Shree Eklingnath Ji.
GURU POORNIMA : This day is celebrated in the country to pay regards to teacher "The Guru", is being worshiped all over the country. This is the full moon occasion and it comes on Ashad schukla as per the Hindu mythology, after summers and the onset of the rainy season.
This Ceremony was started in the year 2003 by the Chief Managing Trustee Shriji Arvind Singhji Mewar.
For photographs of the event, please visit - http://on.fb.me/OPrgfb
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Renowned Sarangi Player Kamal Sabri shares a moment before performing at Swaranjali, 2012
The musically gifted Kamal Sabri is the son of sarangi legend ustad sabri khan and is carrying forward the rich legacy of the sania gharana of moradabad with single minded dedication. Kamal, who is the seventh generation of a distinguished family of traditional musicians, has demonstrated profound versatility in playing the Sarangi.
Swaranjali is a Guru Poornima Festival at the Eternal Mewar - A Musical-tribute to Parmeshwarji Maharaj Shree Eklingnath Ji.
GURU POORNIMA : This day is celebrated in the country to pay regards to teacher "The Guru", is being worshiped all over the country. This is the full moon occasion and it comes on Ashad schukla as per the Hindu mythology, after summers and the onset of the rainy season.
This Ceremony was started in the year 2003 by the Chief Managing Trustee Shriji Arvind Singhji Mewar.
For photographs of the event, please visit - http://on.fb.me/OPrgfb
To watch the video, please click here.