Mysuru: Ganabharathi, in collaboration with India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), is presenting a performance of Vithu Mazha — Songs of the Women Warikari Poets sung by Shruthi Vishwanath with Hitesh Dhutia on guitar and Vinayak Netke on tabla at 6 pm on Mar.2 at Ramabai Govinda Rao Auditorium, Ganabharathi premises, Adichunchanagiri Road, Mysuru.
Shruthi musically interprets and brings into performance the abhangs of women warikari saints. Abhangs are spiritual poems usually dedicated to the deity Vithoba or Vittala of Pandharpur and sung in the regions of Maharashtra and North Karnataka. They are integral to the warikari pilgrimage and the warikari movement, which began in the late 13th century with the saint poet Gnyaneshwar, and, continues to the present day.
