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Anup Jalota

Bhakti · Bhajan · Bhajan Samrat

Celebrated Indian playback and bhajan singer, widely known as 'Bhajan Samrat,' with an international touring and recording career spanning five decades.

BhaktiIndia
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Anup Jalota

Anup Jalota has recorded and performed devotional bhajans since the mid-1970s, becoming one of India's best-known voices in the genre and earning the honorific 'Bhajan Samrat' (Emperor of Bhajans). His style sits within the traditional Indian devotional lineage rather than the Western kirtan scene, drawing on classical training alongside popular appeal.

He continues to perform concerts across India and internationally.

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14 min
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Chadariya Jhini Re Jhini

Anup Jalota's full rendering of Kabir's best known bhajan, unhurried across fourteen minutes.

108 min
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Live at the Bengaluru Ganesh Utsava

The complete concert from the 61st Bengaluru Ganesh Utsava, recorded by the festival itself.

133 min
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Bhajan sandhya, live at Sankat Mochan

More than two hours of Krishna bhajans sung live at the Varanasi temple festival.

67 min
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Live bhajan and ghazal concert in Varanasi

A full evening concert at the Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh, bhajans and ghazals sung in sequence.

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Love as the direct path

Bhakti

The path of loving devotion: surrender, chanting and remembrance as ways to dissolve the sense of separation from the divine.

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