Paths Are ManyTruth Is One
← Back to all artists
Artist profile

Kaluram Bamaniya

Bhakti · Malwi Kabir Song

Indian folk singer from the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, born on 20 January 1970, who sings the words of Kabir in the Malvi dialect, along with Mira and other poets of the sant tradition, to the traditional tunes of the region. He began his working life as a farm labourer.

BhaktiIndia
View upcoming events →Watch talks
✓This profile is compiled from publicly available sources. Some details (video length, full event calendars) could not be independently confirmed and should be verified before relying on them. Know something about this teacher that belongs here? Please tell me.
About the artist

Kaluram Bamaniya

He received the Padma Shri in 2024, one of three artists from Madhya Pradesh honoured that year. His renderings of Kabir are being taken up in school curricula in the state.

Upcoming events

Meet Kaluram Bamaniya in person.

Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.

No upcoming events are currently listed.

Talks & videos

Watch before you attend.

Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this artist in their own words.

No talks are published yet.

Path

The wider context.

❁
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.

Explore the path →
Explore further

Related artists.

View all artists →
JU
Bhakti

Jai Uttal

Grammy-nominated American kirtan musician blending bhakti chant with world music influences from his travels in India.

Portrait of Paban Das Baul
Bhakti

Paban Das Baul

Bengali Baul singer born in 1961 in Murshidabad, West Bengal, trained among Sufi fakirs and initiated into the Baul tradition by Subal Das Baul. He is a master of the dubki, the small frame drum that drives Baul song, and his music holds together the tantric Buddhism, Vaishnavism and Sufism that meet in Baul mysticism. Recordings on Real World Records brought the tradition to listeners far outside Bengal.

Portrait of Mirabai Ceiba
Bhakti

Mirabai Ceiba

Duo of Markus Sieber and Angelika Baumbach, joining Gurmukhi mantra from the Kundalini Yoga tradition to original songs in English and Spanish.

Portrait of Parvathy Baul
Bhakti

Parvathy Baul

Baul singer, musician and storyteller from Bengal, trained under Baul gurus and performing since 1995, who sings and dances to her own ektara and duggi.

Monthly selection

Stay connected with our newsletter.

Receive new talks, upcoming events and thoughtful editorial selections in one monthly email.