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Music · darbarfestival · 2025Chakkani Raja at the Darbar Festival
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Chakkani Raja at the Darbar Festival

Tyagaraja's kriti Chakkani Raja performed in full with Momin Khan, Patri Satish Kumar, Giridhar Udupa and ensemble at the Darbar Festival.

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Indian singer in the Carnatic tradition of South India, born in Mumbai into a Tamil musical family. She learned first from her mother, Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, and then from T. Brinda, in the line of Veena Dhanammal. Alongside the classical repertoire she sings devotional song, among it the abhangs of the Marathi sants and bhajans. She holds the Padma Shri.

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