Batish Institute of Music and Fine Arts of India

Teaching about Indian music and arts has been the goal of the Batish Institute. We have produced numerous instructional videos to teach the sitar, tabla, tanpura, harmonium, vichitra veena, dholak etc. We also publish an online magazine called RagaNet and broadcast our music via our UStream station Ragmala.

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Lost in Oblivion by Sons of Apollo from the album Psychotic Symphony

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Loved the hang with these great musicians. Check out the intro I added to this song on sitar. 

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Extremely rare photo of all the early Bollywood singers, standing together in the early years of their singing careers!

(front row) Zohra Jan, Rajkumari, Amirbai Karnatki, Hamida Banu, Geeta Roy (later Geeta Dutt), Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor, (

(standing behind) Sailesh Mukherjee, Talat Mahmood, Dilip Dholakia, Mohd. Rafi, Shiv Dayal Batish, G.M. Durrani, Kishore Ganguli (later Kishore Kumar), Shamshad Begum, Hemant Kumar and Mukesh....

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Awesome photo of some of the greatest vocalists of the Golden Era of Indian music. My father and the founder of Batish Institute Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish! 

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33 years ago today at DNA Lounge: ASWIN BATISH https://www.dnalounge.com/flyers/1985-1999/1988-08-14.html

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That was cool!! 

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New gig in Berkeley California!  THE CALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY PRESENTS MODIRZADEH / SAHAI / BATISH - TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME! 

https://www.sfcv.org/events/california-jazz-conservatory/california-jazz-conservatory-presents-modirzadeh-sahai-batish 

Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone) and Rita Sahai (N. Indian Vocals) are long-time collaborators joining forces here for the first time with world-renowned artists, Ashwin Batish (sitar, tabla) and Keshav Batish (sitar, tabla, drums). Together, this unique quartet will develop improvisations from their own original compositions, drawing from Hindustani, African American, and Persian musical traditions.

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Love the tone of this #drum. Cousin of the Carnatic #mridangam Say hello to the North #indian #pakhawaj Hope you enjoy this short #video I took of my playing this #morning. #namaste #northindia #classicalmusic #pakhavaj #adital #drumsolo #sangeet #kala (at Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts)

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Change of strings. #sitar #strings #music #instrument #indianmusic #miraj #sitarpower #sitarplayer #raga #india #batish

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#tbt To Fathers day! A beautiful card made by my brilliantly talented daughter Mohini Batish. #sitarman #sitarplayer #sitar #sitarpower #pencilsketch #sitarmagic #drawing #art #artwork #ashwinbatish #bombayboogie #indiabeat #indianmusic #graphic #sketchtime #fathersday #doodle #fun #draw #freestyle #gifted #bts #album #coverart #pencilart #artist

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Keshav Batish! One man rhythm machine! #drummers #drumsolo #trapdrums #sitarpower #drumming #drumrhythms #drummer #drummerboy #drumsolos #batishs #batishrecords #livemusic #musicfestival #cabrillomusicfestival #2015

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Barcelona, Spain! #sitarman #ashwinbatish #tabla #keshavbatish #myrondove #festivallleida #sitarpower #musicpower #festival #musicfestivals #barcelona #spain2014 #worldmusic #worldbeat #ragajazz #ragarock #indianjazz

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Sitar Power Trio jammed with local Maltese guitarists as a part of Ghanafest 2015 @Ta Ganna Bar, Malta. Photo by Sarah Lee Zammit #ghanafest2015 #sitarpower #ashwinbatish #keshavbatish #worldmusic #bombayboogie #ragajazz #malta #maltese #lovemalta #worldfusion #indorock #indojazz #ghanafest #sitar #tabla #indiabeat

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Ladies Sitar Power hats are now in stock! $25 includes 2 day priority shipping in US! #hats #indianmusic #sitarman #ragarock #ragajazz #worldbeat #ashwinbatish #sitarpower #musicpower #cap #hat #girlshat #ladies #eyes #beautiful

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With the great Pandit Ravi Shankar Ji. #namaste #legendary #musician #sitarman #sitapower #ashwinbatish #keshavbatish #sitar #anoushkashankar #santacruz #indianmusic #best #friends #pranam

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With long time friend and tabla super star Zakir Hussain at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz a few years back. Zakir was accompanying santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma. Joining me also were my son Keshav Batish, my daughter Mohini and my wife Poonam. #ashwinbatish #zakirhussain #zakirhussein #keshavbatish #sitarman #tabla #indianmusic #friends #santacruz #drumming #drums #rhythm #percussion #indiandrums #northindianmusic #batishrecords #india #music

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Sitar Power LP back cover. This original vinyl release can still be ordered from Batish Records. 1310 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. #sitarpower #bombayboogie #1985 #vinylcollection #legacy #collectorsitem #sitarmusic #ragajazz #ragarock #ashwinbatish #musicpower #music #santacruz #batishrecords #batish #sitar #indorock #indojazz #sitarmagic #fusionmusic

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Ashwin Batish sitar and Keshav Batish on mridangam @kuumbwajazz #santacruz #kuumbwajazz #jazz #indianmusic #ragajazz #sitarmusic #percussion #indiandrums #indianmusic #indianculture #india #music #worldmusic #livemusic #inconcert #sitarpower #sitarplayer

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Sitar Power Band @yoshis_oak San Francisco. @ashwinbatish @keshavbatish @meenabatish @auralwiz #worldbeat #sitarmusic #ragarock #ragajazz #indianmusic #indojazz ##indorock #raga #sitarfusion #eastwest #tradipop #fusionmusic #ashwinbatish #shakti #musicfest #musicpower #livemusic #inconcert #jazz #fastmusic

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Sitar Power last Sunday at the Cabrillo Music Festival's Church Street stage.