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Rajasthan, the «Country of the Kings» in the desert of India, is the home of some of the richest and most diverse traditions in Indian art and culture, demarcated by the Swamps of Kutch, in Gujarat, to the South, the Arawalli Mountains to the East and the Sindh, in Pakistan, to the West. MAharaja is a group gathering together the leading figures of the musician castes of Rajasthan. Outrageously elegant and beautiful, malicious and majestic, these musicians, poets and shamans reflect in their music the sumptuous surroundings of their region. Theirs is a music of ecstasy, a whirlwind of climaxes...

The Maharajas was formed in the late '90s by Jens Lindberg with the intention of playing Greek-inspired moody '60s music. Lindberg, who was formally in bands such as Crimson Shadows, Stomachmouths, Highspeed V and Blind Shag etc., he was looking for a new take on the genre. The first Maharajas album came out in 1998, a 10" 8-track album on the Italian label Teen Sound Records called "Something moody... & groovy!" In the beginning the band saw some members come and go until drummer Anders Öberg brought Ulf Guttormsson in on bass guitar. Together with Pake on organ they released...

Maharajapuram Santhanam , ( 1928 - 1992 ) was one of the greatest Carnatic music vocalists. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a Carnatic singer. Besides singing, Maharajapuram Santhanam was very good in composing. He wrote many songs on lord Muruga and Kanchi Shankaracharya (Maha Periyavar). He was the Principal of Music college in Sri Lanka. Later he came and settled in Chennai. Very famous songs of Maharajapuram are Unnai Allal (Kalyani Raga), Padhame gathi, Varam onnru (Shanmugapriya), Bho Shambo...