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Atul Purohit- the face of Gujarat Folk Music
Atul Purohit is synonymous with Gujarat folk music and garba. He is a classical singer and the most famous Gujarati Folk (Garba) Singer. Atul Purohit is also popular for his Sunderkand rendition, Bhajans, Ghazals and devotional songs. His songs, like Tara Vina Shyam, Vhalam Ni Vaat Kai, Jamuna Ne Kanthe, Ke Hove Hove, Tahuka Karto Jaay etc, have a big following among the pious and public in general.
Atul Purohit & Garba
Atul Purohit started singing folk songs at a small age and later, after graduation, he started performing in the streets of Baroda for free. Gradually, after understanding the preference of his audience, he tried his hands on sugam sangeet and devotional music.
Atul Purohit trained under many masters and gradually acquired the art of stage performance and began giving live performances. His music genres include Garba, Sugam Sangeet, and Bhajans. He draws his musical influences from Folk, Hindustani classical, Sugam sangeet, Bhajan and Sufi.
Atul Purohit has rendered great service to protect and nourish the tradition of Garba. He popularized the traditional garba and established many groups to promote garba and popularize it among youngsters. Atul Purohit has been associated with United Way of Baroda, a worldwide NGO, organizing Vadodara’s annual garba festival. The Vadodara garba event sees big participation and it made Vadodara popular all over the world. This association has been successfully organising Garba for the last 29 years consecutively, and about 50000 to 60000 youngsters take part in it every year.
Atul Purohit’s USA and Canada Show
Atul Purohit’s fame has reached far and wide and he is recognized worldwide. He even patented his name some years back to prevent misappropriation. Atul Purohit performs in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK during Navaratri. He visits the USA and Canada regularly every year for his garba performance. Each year, Indians living abroad eagerly look forward to his Navaratri Garba performance. Indians staying overseas celebrate Navratri on a grand scale and include garba in the Navaratri program.
Last year he did 15 shows in the USA and Canada and all were sold out in advance. This year will be no different, so do not delay, open Sulekha and book your tickets for Atul Purohit’s show.
