The shabad becomes music when breath becomes melody. Where the Word is sung, the listener arrives home.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib · Ang 849 · Rag Bilawal
What we teach
Three streams. One tradition.
Our curriculum honours the Guru Granth Sahib while opening into Hindustani and Carnatik classical forms. Each student begins where they are — child, teen, returning adult, or international learner.
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Gurmat Sangeet
The devotional music of the Guru Granth Sahib, anchored in the sixty raags assigned to each shabad. Kirtan, shabad kirtan, and contemplative vocal traditions.
Hindustani and Carnatik foundations — raga architecture, tala, voice culture, and the slow unfolding of a performer’s relationship with a melodic mode.
The first raag of the Sikh Sangat. Spoken of in Ang 849 as the raag most often paired with the foundational shabads. Begins the day, and the curriculum.
