Mrigya

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Mrigya
OriginNew Delhi, India
Genres World music, Fusion music, Hindustani classical music
Years active1999—present
Labels Virgin/EMI Records
Times Music
Members Sharat Chandra Srivastava: violin
Gyan Singh: Tabla
Karan Sharma: guitar
Indraneel Hariharan: bass guitar
Sacchin Kapoor: keyboards
Rajat Kakkar: drums
Sukriti Sen: Hindustani classical vocals
Jagtinder Singh Sidhu: Sufi vocals
Past members Sachin Gupta
Sonam Sherpa
Website www.mrigya.com

Mrigya is an Indian World fusion music band from New Delhi that was formed in 1999. It music is a fusion of Blues, Folk, Funk, Latin, Rock and Jazz along with Indian classical music. Over the years the band has played at national and international music festivals. [1] [2]

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History

The band was initially formed as a jam band project for a music club called "Friends of Music" and was originally christened "Mrigaya" (Sanskrit for "hunt") by Indraneel Hariharan. A misprint in the promotion flyer named the newly formed outfit as "Mrigya". The band decided to retain this new name born out of that amusing incident.

Band members

The founding members consisted of Rajat Kakkar on percussions (and, later, on drums), Sharat Chandra Srivastava on Hindustani violin, Indraneel Hariharan on electric bass, Sonam Sherpa on electric guitar, Gyan Singh on tabla and Indian percussion, and Ashwani Verma on drums.

The current band-members are as follows:

Discography

Major International performances

Awards

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