Shankara | The Anirudh Varma Collective (Live at Sri Sathya Sai Centre)

Dedicated to our mentor, the Late Dr. Rachna Sharma ma'am on teacher's day which also happens to be her birthday!
Shankara' from Classical Re-Imagined: The 1st Anniversary Concert of the Anirudh Varma Collective - The track was conceptualised & born over several sittings at Rachna ma'am's residence, which was home to all of us at Swaranjali - The Music Society of Hansraj College.
CREDITS:
Piano, Composition, Arrangement & Music Direction: Anirudh Varma
Hindustani Classical Vocals: Prateek Narsimha
Mridangam - Manohar Balatchandirane
Ghatam - Varun Rajasekharan
Tabla - Saptak Sharma
Drums - Dimpal Kumar
Guitars - Abhishek Mittal & Parijat Kirti
Bass Guitar - Madhur Chaudhary
Keyboards - Ishaan Tyagi
Flute - Ritesh Prasanna
Choir
RamVisakh, Gagan Goel, Pranav Arjun, Anushree Mahindra, Gatha Akashkamini, Vaishnavi Tyagi, Anmol Kumar, Hari Krishnan, Neethu Krishna, Sohini Chakravorty, Aanchal Singh, Aastha Mandle, Kavya Singh, Kavya Mohan, Arjun Pandey, Aathira Gopi, Aronjoy Das, Mayank Mittal, Santur Kundu, Sanchayan Joarder, Vidisha Sharma, Sharein James, Shraddha Shree, Shruti Gupta, Shruti Parthasarthy.
Live Sound - Anindo Bose & Ayush Malik
Light & Set Design - Priya Mathews
Audio Mixed by - Anirudh Varma
Video Shot by - Steve Peter, Raphael Martin, Rahul Jain, Rajmouli Dixit & Saubhagya Saxena
Video Edited by - Anirudh Varma

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I am a Kathak dancer since the last 10 years, however due to a spinal injury I haven't been able to dance since the last 2 years ...the day I leave my wheelchair and start my riyaz I will be dancing to this track . God bless this ensemble for coming up with this beautiful composition ❤

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Who says classical is boring? Look at the faces of the members of the choir group. Bliss. 😇

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Just imagine I heard them live.. gave goosebumps.. ❤️

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This song hits different I can still feel positive enegy in myself...

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Awesome composition. The lead vocalist is amazing. Too good. Love Shankara Raag and it sounds absolutely beautiful with the use of modern instruments and Indian ones.

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The percussionists are Supreme ! Singer (and chorus)are from another World !!😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

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Это потрясающе! 💛💛💛 Чудесный проект! Спасибо

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Incredible vocalist Prateek 👏🏽💯🙌🏽

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Didn’t think it could get any better but here you are, with great percussion solos and clearer vocals and Narsimha’s on point pronunciation :) Always a delight to watch you guys perform! That was a great concert :D Good luckkkkk for future!

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🔥🔥 mesmerizing performance 🔥🔥

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Jai shiv shankar 🙏aap sabhi musician ko koti koti pranaam 🌸🌸🌸

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Blessed blessed blessed, to hear this ... HAR HAR MAHADEV

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It’s painful to see only 1k likes for this song and millions of views and likes for meaningless Bollywood songs .. pity that just a few understand the path of Bhakti through music so divine as this one !!!

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Bahut sukoon mila sun ke🙏🙏 Mahadev🙌

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Thank you for a soul stirring rendition

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Best Shivji song Classical in pious month . Thanks .

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I just love this song! Have listened to it over and over again. Where can I have access to the lyrics (and English translation)?

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