About Us

We are lucky enough to live in a beautiful part of the Cotswolds, near Stroud, in the UK. Our music is a blend of Indian & Sikh bhajans and Buddhist mantras, some sung in English. We are inspired by the music of Amma, Snatam Kaur, Krishna Das, Goma and many others.

We had the great blessing of being married by Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, in December 2007. Amma continues to inspire and encourage us in our daily lives. Since holding our first Amma Satsang evening in our home in 2006 we have been asked to play and sing at various events, including, yoga camps, Interfaith celebrations, the wonderful Shekinashram in Glastonbury, weddings, birthdays and the amazing First UK Bhakti Festival in 2011.

‘Keep singing & chanting the Divine Name’ is the message for the Age in which we find ourselves. People are hungry for this sacred music. It is food for the Soul.

We are fortunate to be surrounded by talented friends, who also love to sing and chant, and who are as keen as we are to share this wonderful spiritual practice with others

Bharati, Dinesh & Friends includes all those people we sing with, not least, all those who come to kirtan and concerts to sing with us. The music is a participatory experience and although it can take us to a space deep within ourselves, we do not forget that ‘we are all in this together’, helping each other to cross the Ocean of Samsara.

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Dinesh

Dinesh discovered for himself a whole new dimension to life when he chanced to read Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda when he was 14 years old and it was also at that point that he began teaching himself guitar.

Since then he has spent time in various Tibetan monasteries, retreats & Indian ashrams, alongside working as a nurse, care worker & organic gardener. He now teaches guitar, harmonium and bhajan singing (click here for more information).

He first started singing bhajans 12 years ago after attending his first Goma Concert and just wanted to learn and sing more and more. ‘The heart opens so easily when we join with others to call out to the Divine with these powerful, ancient healing mantras, and the mind just settles into a state of meditation without even thinking about it’.

Bharati

Bharati trained as a medical doctor before leaving the NHS in 1996 to set up her own private therapy and healing practice in Bristol and Minchinhampton. She under took extensive training with Bob Moore, in Denmark and Elaine Heller in the UK, involving meditation, energy and healing work. In 2001 she met Amma for the first time and the experience had a profound effect on her. She subsequently spent time out at Amma’s Ashram in Amritapuri, Kerala and soon after began learning to play the harmonium.

Through Amma’s grace Bharati and Dinesh got together in 2006 and the music, chanting and devotion have since been a central focus of their lives.

Bharati has worked as a counsellor and healer for fifteen years since she gave up working as a doctor. She works from home and at the Relaxation Centre in Bristol. Click here for her website