Ruhaniyat – The All India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival

Music festival in India

Ruhaniyat - The All India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival

Dates	Between November and March
Years active	2001 - Present
Founded by	Banyan Tree Events
Website	http://www.ruhaniyat.com

Ruhaniyat – The All India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival is a music festival held in across India. It is organised by Mumbai-based cultural organisation Banyan Tree Events between November and March every year. This Sufi festival is one of the biggest of its kind, and is held in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Hyderabad.^[1] Musicians from various parts of India — sufi qawwals, mystic musicians, Kabir panthis, and Bauls — perform at the festival.^[2]

History

The Ruhaniyat festival started in 2001, the brainchild of Mahesh Babu and Nandini Mahesh, the Directors of Banyan Tree Events, to promote sufi and mystic music has evolved into a prestigious event.^[3]

The festival

Ruhaniyat means Soulfulness. The festival features the best of maestros in classical, folk and sufi music, discovered from the interiors of remote Indian villages, Turkey, Egypt, Syria etc.^[4]

Performers

Parvathy Baul, Warsi Brothers, Ateeq Hussain Khan, Jari Sufi compositions of Azan Fakir of Manipur, Hafiza Begum Chaudhury, Kabirpanthis Prahlad Tippania from Devas in Madhya Pradesh, Jagar music by Rakesh Bhatt, Vithal Rao etc.^[5]

Gallery

References

^ Express News Service (22 November 2008). "Ruhaniyat brings to city 'doctors of the soul'". Express India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ ruhaniyat official website
^ "Metro Plus Hyderabad / Events : Ruhaniyat is back". The Hindu. 12 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ "Metro Plus Hyderabad / Events : Spiritual odyssey". The Hindu. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ "Business Line : Features / Life News". Thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

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