I was sitting in our big white van cruising through the streets of LA, when Gaura, who was driving and eating and talking on the phone (always multitasking!), threw the question to us over his shoulder, “hey guys, how would you like going to Australia?” Need I make our unanimous answer explicit?! When Australia sent out [...]

The Mridunga – Our Favorite Drum If there wasn’t the Mrdunga, there would be no such thing as the Mayapuris. We feel that it’s the best drum in the whole universe, especially for kirtan. That is our happy bias. Today we play other instruments, like tabla, flute, harmonium, etc, but the mridunga was the first [...]

The kirtan movement was inaugurated in Mayapur, which lies along the banks of the Ganga in West Bengal, India. This special place is very close to our heart. My brother Bali and I studied and lived in the ashram there, Vish lived there with his family, and Vrinda was four the first time her parents [...]

After pretty much going non-stop since Thursday at Bhakti-fest, I wasn’t quite prepared for Saul’s Monday morning workshop. I woke up with a frown “No! Not another thing to do!” at the thought of yet more interactions with the world…Fortunately, Vish and Kish were operating on their usual level of characteristic enthusiasm. As we walked [...]

RockOm Strumming the strings that connect music and spirituality Meet The Mayapuris By Tom Crenshaw, tom@RockOm.net Who are the The Mayapuris? They are an eclectic group of talented musicians who share their love of the sacred culture of kirtan through their music. Where do they come from? The question is better answered in their own words: “Where do we come from? [...]

“People think they have to sing fancy tunes, and change them around so many times, and try to control the kirtan to make it work. The Holy Name is a person. You have to be patient and let Him manifest the way He wants to, when He wants to. It is actually maya to think [...]

The Mayapuris were honored to play at the Chant4Change Event in DC. This event was the brainchild of GauraVani and Shiva Rea. Chant4Change took place the day before the inaugaration of President Obama to invoke blessings on the new Government of the USA. The Mayapuris played alongside Jai Uttal, David Stringe, Saul David Ray, and GauraVani & AKS.

Tuesday, 8/18 Getting a group of people out the door takes its time (even though half of us, Gaura Vani, Jahnavi and Rasa, are in another part of the world: London and then India), so once everyone was finally in the van, we drove off, hoping to make it on time to Jai’s seminar on kirtan. [...]

The Mayapuris are an eclectic group of talented musicians who share their love of the sacred culture of kirtan through their music. Blending Vedic Mantras with a contemporary twist, the Mayapuris kirtan stirs the soul like never before, and implores the audience to participate by singing and dancing along to their spellbinding rhythm. With an [...]