Mystic magic

Ruhaniyat, the Sufi Music Festival is back

November 21, 2009 11:10 am | Updated 11:10 am IST

CHENNAI, 08/02/2009: Naglaa Fathy, Um Kulthum of Upper Egypt & Mohamad Farghaly performing at the Ruhaniyat Sufi & Mystic Music Festival at Mardas Race Club in Chennai on Sunday. Photo:R_Ragu NICAID:112232808

CHENNAI, 08/02/2009: Naglaa Fathy, Um Kulthum of Upper Egypt & Mohamad Farghaly performing at the Ruhaniyat Sufi & Mystic Music Festival at Mardas Race Club in Chennai on Sunday. Photo:R_Ragu NICAID:112232808

Banyan Tree Events presents the All India Sufi and Mystic Music Festival 2009-2010, which will be held on November 29. The venue is Jaymahala Palace Hotel, 6.30 p.m. The fest, titled Ruhaniyat, is being organised for the fourth consecutive year.

Conceived by Mahesh Babu, Director, Banyan Tree Events, Ruhaniyat has become a huge platform for Indian musicians to perform in various international festivals worldwide.The event is supported by TATA ELXSI Ltd.

This year the fest will feature Arabic Sufiana Mausiqui (Naglaa and Mona Fathy with Mohamad), mystic songs (Farghaly and Group from Egypt), Baul songs (Parvathy Baul from West Bengal), Kabirpanthis Nirguni songs (Prahlad Tipaniya and Group from Madhya Pradesh) and Sufi Kalam (Sawan Khan and group from Rajasthan) to name a few.

Donor passes, priced at Rs. 400 are available at the venue, Landmark Prestige Forum (Koramangala, phone: 42404240) and Landmark Garuda Swagatha Mall (42404444), Planet M (Brigade Road, 25588122), Crossword (Indiranagar, 2521 3009) and K.C. Das (St. Marks' Road, 25592021)

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