Biography: The Temple Bhajan Band is a group of devotional chanters that tours Southern California s Yoga Studios, Yoga Retreats, and various social events. They have been together for over 6 years. The heart of the band is Sura whose voice is legendary among practitioners of Yoga and Interfaith followers. While Sura sings to the accompaniment of the harmonium, he leads the rest of the members on instruments such as the esaraja, tamboura, kartals, flute, ektar, violin, and mrdunga drum in a dynamic symphony that is timeless. The Temple Bhajan Band plays ancient Vedic bhajans, which include mantras and chants from spiritual India. Many of the chants are done in a responsive fashion where the audience can participate and experience the purifying pleasure of the chanting.
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Temple Bhajan Band: Uniting the World with Kirtan
Los Angeles, CA
Temple Bhajan Band has been frequenting Yoga Studios, Interfaith Venues, New Age Shows, and assorted Festivals in the Southwest of the U.S. for 6 years now. Their music is a time-honored healing technique from the ancient masters of India. In an unprecedented trend, TBB is projecting a steady stream of soothing mantra sound around the world. Their new Temple of the Heart CD (Summer 2005) is a unique synthesis of sacred vibrations and modern harmonics guaranteed to mellow out the most frazzled urbanite s nerves.
TBB lead vocalist Sura explains how this mantra music is actually a form of meditation, Everyone is seeking some relief from increased internal and external stress, so our kirtans offer instant results by opening up the love that lies deep in the heart of us all.
The band was founded in 1999 in the spirit of International brotherhood. According to Maha Laxmi, lead female vocalist, Most of the wisdom traditions emphasize that we should not place so much importance on our bodily designation. Modern conflicts and wars arise because of this skin disease, the misidentification of the conscious self with the conditional identity rooted in family, nation, race, etc.
The Temple Bhajan Band attracts a diverse following amongst the LA and Southern California crowd, performing modern interpretations of traditional Vedic bhajans with full instrumental backup, including esaraja, tamboura, kartals, flute, ektar, violin, guitar, assorted percussion and mridunga drum. Sura observes, Our music is not limited to one state, one country. This is music for the soul: chant music for everyone to be at peace with, to unite the world with.
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