Wellbeing
Daylong Wellbeing Raga Playlist
🌅 Morning (Fresh Start & Clarity)
Rahul Sharma | Raag Bhoopal Todi (Santoor) – 20 min
Meditative, inward; helps settle the mind after waking.
Anupama Baghwat | Raag Shahana (Sitar) – 20 min
Devotional and serene, ideal for beginning the day with gratitude.
Shashank Subramanyan | Raag Nasikabhushani (Flute) – 15 min
Bright and devotional, gently energizing.
☀️ Afternoon (Balance & Flow)
Ken Zuckerman | Raag Bhimpalasi (Sarod) – 20 min
Contemplative, grounding; eases the mid-day slump.
Rakesh Chaurasia | Raag Bhimpalasi (Bansuri) – 20 min
Breathlike and meditative, balancing the sarod’s depth with airy sweetness.
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Raag Piloo (Santoor, Thaat: Kafi) – 15 min
Light and playful, refreshing the afternoon mood.
🌇 Late Afternoon / Evening Transition (Reflection & Grounding)
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Raag Puriya Kalyan (Thaat: Marwa) – 20 min
Introspective, calming, preparing for the close of day.
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Raag Puriya Dhanashree (Thaat: Poorvi) – 20 min
Majestic and devotional; centers the mind as evening settles.
Pravin Godkhindi | Raag Jog (Bansuri) – 20 min
Soulful, romantic; bridges the day into night beautifully.
🌙 Night (Peace, Release & Rest)
Eesher Singh & Shahbaz Hussain | Raag Pahari (Sarangi/Tabla) – 20 min
Folkish sweetness, soothing for winding down.
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Raag Khamaj (Thaat: Khamaj) – 20 min
Expansive, peaceful, inviting deep rest.
Arshad Khan | Raag Bhairavi (Esraj) – 25 min
Traditionally the closing raga; deeply emotional and devotional, leaving you in surrender before sleep.
✨ Flexible Inserts (Anytime Listening)
Jayanthi Kumaresh | Raag Kamas (Veena) – 15 min
Delicate, graceful, uplifting – can be added wherever you feel called.
Eesher Singh & Shahbaz Hussain | Raag Gavati – 15 min
Fresh, lightly devotional; works well in late morning or early evening.
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Anupama Bhagwat | Shahana
Born out of the parent scale Kafi, Raag Shahana is an upper-tetra chord dominant raga that draws its haunting strains from Bhimpalasi and Bageshree. The Darbar team filmed Anupama Bhagwat in an isolated outdoor location in Bangalore, India, playing this midnight raga. Bhagwat plays the jod, a sec...
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Ken Zuckerman | Bhimpalasi
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
- Partha Sarathi Mukherjee (tabla)
- Debipriya Das (tanpura)Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon
Ken Zuckerman gives an immaculate rendition of Raag Bhimpalasi in t...
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Jayanthi Kumaresh | Kamas
Ragas Performed:
- KamasArtists :
- Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
- Giridar Udupa (ghatam)
- Jayachandra Rao (mridangam)Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh, a distinguished Saraswati veena virtuoso, graced the Darbar Festival 2024 with a captivating performance. Accompanied by Giridhar Udupa on ghata...
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Eesher Singh & Shahbaz Hussain | Full Concert
Recorded in the candlelit setting of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London.
Musicians:
Eesher Singh (santoor)
Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
Raag Gawati; Thaat: Bilawal; Samay: Evening
Raag Pahari; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Late Evening / NightIn this intimate concert, Eesher Singh, one of the UK’s ris...
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Rahul Sharma | Full Concert
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room of London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Rahul Sharma (santoor)
- Subhankar Banerjee (tabla)Raag Bhoopal Todi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning
At the 2009 Darbar Festival, audiences were captivated by a stunning performance...
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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Director's Cut
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 20th September at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London.
Musicians:
- Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor)
- Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)
- Takahiro Arai (tanpura)Raags:
- Raag Puriya Kalyan; Thaat: Marwa, Samay: Late Afternoon
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Shashank Subramanyan | Nasikabhushani
Filmed and recorded live at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Musician:
- Shashank Subramanyam (flute)Ragam tanam in Raga Nasikabhushani
A devotional raga in spirit, Raga Nasikabhushani is a ‘vivadi’ or a dissonant melodic scale that has been scantily used in Carnatic compositions. Against the cra...
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Pravin Godkhindi | Raag Jog | Bansuri
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2017, on 9th November, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
Musicians:
- Pravin Godkhindi (bamboo flute)
- Pandit Supreet Deshpande (tabla)Raag Jog; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night
Raag Jog is dominant with gliding notes and its application of the pure and flat thirds (shu...
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Arshad Khan | Raag Bhairavi | Esraj
Recorded by Darbar on location in Mulshi, India.
Musicians:
- Arshad Khan (esraj)Raag Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning
Arshad Khan is a rare modern exponent of the esraj, a bowed instrument from Bengal which can mimic the cry of the human voice with startling accuracy.
Arshad Khan i...
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Rakesh Chaurasia | Raag Bhimpalasi
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2022, at the Barbican Centre, London.
Musician:
- Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri)Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon
Let's journey back in time to Darbar Festival 2022 when we were graced by the exceptional talent of Rakesh Chaurasia who performed a flute sol...
