Musician on a mission to keep bhajans alive
Bhavik Haria blends traditional bhajans with modern sounds, travelling from London to India to reconnect younger generations with devotional music and cultural roots.
Bhajans - Hindu devotional songs - have been sung for over a thousand years with the aim of bringing normal people closer to God. Many of those who emigrated from India and settled around the world saw bhajans as not just a connection to their faith, but a link to their cultural homeland. But has that link gone missing for later generations?
Two young musicians from opposite sides of the Atlantic are making it their mission to keep bhajans alive amongst young Hindus and Jains across the world. Bhavik Haria from England and Gauri Madhurie Dhanrajh from Canada have different perspectives on how to practise their faiths, but are united in trying to make ancient bhajans appealing, with a modern sound.
Raj Kaur Bilkhu finds out why they're so passionate about bhajans, how they became a part of their lives and why, so-called, 'bhajan jams' have become a global trend in the last few years.
[Photo Description: Bhavik Haria (left) and Gauri Madhurie Dhanrajh (right). Photo Credit: Meheer Shah.]
Producer/Presenter: Raj Bilkhu
Series Producer: Rajeev Gupta
Editor: Chloe Walker
Production Coordinator: Mica Nepomuceno
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