This Sunday (July 6) marks Ashadi Ekadashi, a major festival in Maharashtra and a significant day for the Warkari sect that culminates in a pilgrimage to the Vitthal temple in Pandharpur. To mark the ...

KOLHAPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recited Abhangs (poetic phrases) of Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Tukaram, the 13th and 17th century saints who left mark on the several centuries-old ...

Everything is vintage Marathi: costume, headgear, the tilak not to talk of his entourage and orchestra. Tukaram Ganapathi Maharaj can pass off for a rural Marathi vaarakari, a mendicant bard of sorts.

As the curtains went up on an evening of abhangs, the aim of the two artistes on stage was not to compete but to walk a line that was appreciable and aesthetic. Leading vocalists Bombay Jayashri and ...

A musical evening ‘Bolva Vitthal Abhang Evening’ was held at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium here on Monday. The event featured renowned singers like Raghunandan Panshikar, Manjusha Patil and Anand Bhate.