Singer Mahesh Kale on celebrating Ashadi Ekadashi: Singing abhangs is my method of strolling to Pandharpur, in spirit

The singer participated within the stroll to Pandharpur final yr for the pilgrimage. Speaking about it, he says, “Walking within the wari was surreal, particularly as a result of I had travelled 30-odd hours proper earlier than I began to stroll. You often really feel fatigued after a protracted worldwide journey, however I used to be tremendous energised. That setting and power is tough to elucidate. I additionally bought to sing with the warkaris within the pilgrimage. That expertise will stick with me ceaselessly. I want I may do wari each single yr. Abhangwari is my method of going to Pandharpur in spirit.

Mahesh performs concert events which can be excessive on devotional music from Maharashtra internationally. Sharing what drew him to abhangs and why he felt the necessity to take it past the realm of his house state, the vocalist, who could be rendering abhangs like Abir Gulal, Kanada Raja Pandharicha, Sukhache Je Sukh and the Abhangwari title monitor on the reveals, shares: “I grew up in an environment the place abhangs have been part of our life. Every Thursday and Sunday, my father would take the household to a congregation of bhajan in a mandal. Hence, identical to Indian classical music, abhang is my glad place. So if I really feel an even bigger diaspora can discover solace and happiness in it, then why prohibit it to borders and language? That’s why I’m not simply performing in Maharashtra, but additionally in Delhi, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru, and Chennai.

While he’s wanting ahead to seeing the seasoned classical music aficionados within the viewers, he’s additionally certain that younger listeners would drop by too: “I see numerous youth illustration in my concert events, and I’m grateful for that. Of course, I get numerous aashirvaad from the older era, however I’m additionally very excited that the youth is coming to those concert events, as a result of the extra variety of younger individuals attending such reveals, the longer the custom will likely be upheld.”

Mahesh will carry out in Mumbai on July 5 at Shanmukhananda Hall, Sion, 6.30pm onwards and in Pune on July 6 at Mahalaxmi Lawns, Karve Nagar, 6.30pm onwards.