Bolawa Vitthal brings a slice of Maharashtra's Waari to Indore

Celebrating the Hindu ‘Ashadhi Ekadashi’ with an evening of religious and folk music, a musical program ‘Bolawa Vitthal’ was organized at the

DAVV

auditorium at Khandwa road on Sunday. The event was a musical journey of devotion and meditation, similar to the ‘

Waari

’ or the process carried out every year in Maharashtra in which devotees walk with the footwear of Saint Gyaneshwar and Saint

Tukaram

’s on their heads.

The musical Waari in the city on Sunday was led by

Jaytirth Mevundi

, Rajni and Gayatri, who performed ‘Abhangas’ the devotional and folk music form or Maharashtra. Besides the Marathi community members, curiosity also drew quite a few other citizens to witness the devotional abhangas at the auditorium.