Jan 15 2007
Ruhaniyat - Sufi and Mystic musical performance
Last week, I had the fortune/sheer pleasure/gratuitous grace of attending my first live ‘Ruhaniyat’ concert of Sufi/Mystic music in Bangalore at the Bowring Institute off MG Road. One of the decent blog posts that lists each of the performances is at http://hariaddi.blogspot.com/2007/01/ruhaniyat.html
The word Ruhaniyat literally meaning soulfulness was aptly suited for this brilliantly conceived and well organized evening. The music ranged from baritone Tibetan monks (whose powerful and deep chanting much reminded me of Phillip Glass), to the qawwali of the Chisti brothers from Uttar Pradesh, to the Sufi songs of Patvathi Baul, Begum Hafiza from Assam, Fakirs from Hyderabad, and the Manganiyars from Rajasthan.
If you can get your hands on them, the Ruhaniyat concert archives are a goldmine. I have the CDs from the 2005 (thanks Aparna) and 2006 concerts so give me a holler and i’d be glad to share these with you.
Hi Amit,
Chanced upon ur pics of the Ruhaniyat as I was looking for info on Sufi music. Great pics! I am interested in the Ruhaniyat CDs u have. WIll be thrilled if I could get a copy. I am in Chennai planning to do a research project in the broad field of Economics. Let me know how I can get the CDs, If reqd I can have someone collect them from u.
Hi Sandhya
Sure thing - do connect with me at [pande] dot [amit] at [gmail] dot [com] and i will be glad to talk further.
-Amit
Amit,
I too “echo” your sentiments about the concert - I too was there! I will be grateful if you can give me a copy of the CDs.
Thanks,
Giridhar