Sep 19 2025 to Sep 21 2025 11 a.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Exhibition Opening: 11am | Friday, Sep 19
Timings: 6pm – 8pm
Exhibition on show until Sunday, Sep 21

Concert:
Sacred Sojourns: Songs of Vitthal – Sunday, Sep 21 | 11am
Deepti Navaratna, Madhusoodan Bhat & Ashwin MP | RSVP here

Centuries of devotion move on foot across Maharashtra through a pilgrimage of song, rhythm, and faith.

Very ‘वारी’ (vāri) brings this living tradition into an immersive space, where the pulse of the pilgrimage unfolds through image, sound, and touch.

Photographs trace the pilgrim’s everyday moments while hinting at the larger social, economic, and political threads woven into the vāri. Field notes and voices of poetry offer another layer, echoing the spirit of those who walk. Artifacts of simple vessels, cloths, and sacred objects carry stories of continuity and belonging, grounding the experience in the tangible.

This is not just an exhibition, but an invitation to linger inside a centuries-old journey. Each fragment seen, heard, or held, opens the possibility of feeling the pilgrimage’s essence in the present.

Wander. Listen. Linger.

Curator

Pornima Rajkarne
Doctoral Student, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru
Pornima Rajkarne is a doctoral student at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, where she works with Dr. Deepti Navaratna at the Music, Brain, and Creativity Lab. Trained in socio-cultural anthropology and a recipient of a Junior Research Fellowship, her academic interests lie at the intersections of music, culture, and tradition. Her doctoral research focuses on the Varkari Sampradaya of Maharashtra, exploring its practices, histories, and living heritage.