Sarangi’s ‘Guruaama’

Bhagawati Gandharva has taught eight women how to play this traditional instrument.

Bhagawati Gandharva, with a sarangi resting on her right shoulder, scanned the crowd to perform at the Gorkha Durbar premises. Among six members of the Gandharva community playing the sarangi for devotees at Gorkha Durbar during the Gandhari festival, Bhagawati was the sole woman.