Ganga Maiya Trio
It was as only as recent as 2016 on a visit to the Dhrupad Mela in Benares that Geetha & Gopal Navale discovered the mystical beauty of the river Ganga and the ghats of the worlds oldest living city and have been since mesmerised by its spirit and are visiting annually.
The bouquet of songs on the album Boat on the River was inspired by the Ganga Maiya Trio's visit to Benares in 2023.
On Shivaratri 2023 the lyric of the song Ganga Maiya was envisioned on the terrace of Tulsi Ghat Varanasi.
And it was that very place where the trio performed to celebrate the album release on Shivaratri of 2024.
Paper Boats with QR codes leading to the music were let into the Ganga to release the album
And lo! Shiva Rea was there in attendance and invited the band to the Golden Boat waiting there for a sundown cruise with apsaras...
The song's stirred Kolkata's acclaimed artist Asit Poddar who shared copies of his amazing series of paintings on the Ganga Ghats.
He graciously permitted to use his paintings in this tribute to the muse of muses. Ganga Ji
The spectacular paintings have been animated by Prajjwal Vinodh in the Ganga Maiya song video, And his team Nomadic Studio have designed a square collage which folds into a boat.
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Boat on the River
The purchase of this album of acoustic music enables you
A) To download these 8 songs
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Boat on the river : The title track based on mantras is in the rhythm of 11/8. And the boat starts its glide smoothly down the Ganga. Past the arathis along the ghats of Kashi.
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Ganga Maiya : based on an ancient carnatic swara pallavi, this funky delta bluesy melody clothed in verse first formed itself on shivratri 2023.
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Bogarting in Benares : A Joyful song composed on the kalimba a thumb piano. On the banks of the Ganga.
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Rāve : A telgu geetham in the raga - Anandha bhairavi sung in harmony.
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Eliminate Hate : The songwriter woke up one morning from a deep dream with the mantra : Eliminate Hate.
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Moksha : A thoughtful instrumental version of the master piece of carnatic music greats Sri Thyagaraja. On Tulsi Ghat
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Make my day : A healing song in khanda (5) rhythm. Composed on tubular bells of Swaram. FeaturingKindakool rap based on the rhythmic language Konnakol .
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Samba Shiva : The mandolin punctuated Irish rhythm surprisingly morphs into a joyous call to Shiva .
B) Entry to Kala Yatri Events, for the summer of 2024
