9:15Purabi & separation
अंगुरी में डंसले बिया नगिनिया · महेंदर मिसिर
Chandan Tiwari · Purabiyataan
Listen to the performanceFolk vocalist · Researcher · Storyteller
Songs of the soil.
Stories that
live on.
Discover Chandan Tiwari’s world of folk music, where rivers, seasons, relationships and shared memories find their voice.
PURABIYATAAN
Folk music, with its roots intact.
Folk music, with its roots intact.
PURABIYATAANMUSIC · MEMORY · BELONGING
Begin with a song
A song can take you places.
Enter a familiar tradition, discover a forgotten voice or follow a song into a new story.
Signature series
One tradition. Many worlds.
Purabia Ustad
Discover the poets and compositions that give Purabi its enduring voice.
Explore the seriesNadia Dheere Baho
Songs of rivers, the lives around them and the memories they carry.
Explore the seriesCharakhwa Chalu Rahe
Gandhi, khadi, satyagraha and the charkha, remembered through song.
Explore the seriesBeti Chiraiya Saman
Wedding songs holding the tenderness, humour and emotion of family life.
Explore the seriesBasanti Bayar
The changing season, in the colours of Basant, Holi and Chaiti.
Explore the seriesSawani Bahar
Monsoon songs of rain, longing and everyday life.
Explore the series
Rooted in place. Connected by song.
The artist & her journey
Rooted in Bhojpur.
Shaped by Bokaro.
Connected through song.
Chandan Tiwari’s work moves between performance, the search for rare compositions and the stories of the people who created and carried them.
Through Purabiyataan, she shares a repertoire that holds everyday life alongside nature, faith and shared memory.
Discover her journeyBeyond the stage
Keeping the song,
and its story, alive.
A folk song carries a language, a place, a poet and a way of seeing the world. Enter the archive to explore what lives behind the music.
On stage
A shared experience of music.
Cultural festivals
Bringing folk traditions into a live conversation with audiences.
Thematic presentations
Musical worlds shaped around rivers, Gandhi, seasons and folk poets.
Institutions & communities
An invitation to connect with memory and culture through song.
In the spotlight
Stories, conversations & recognition.
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