Ragani

An award-winning producer, Ragani (pronounced RAH-gah-nee) leads Milwaukee’s renowned Kirtan with Ragani, one of the largest independent and ongoing kirtan scenes in the US. For more than thirty years, she has led kirtan events in the US and abroad, and she is known for her heartlfelt vocals, inspiring stories and humor.

Named as “100 Milwaukeeans You Need to Know” (OnMilwaukee.com), Ragani has been featured on FOX 6 television and in numerous international publications (Recording Magazine- see full-color two-page feature, Ode, On Tour With Shure, etc.), and she will be featured in a forthcoming kirtan documentary movie, Sutra (2012 release). In addition, Ragani is the featured model for the award-winning book, Yoga: Mastering the Basics, and its two accompanying videos, and she also writes music for film & tv (dozens of music placements on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Guiding Light, among others).

At the age of eight, Ragani met the legendary yoga master, Sri Swami Rama, founder of the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, and former Shankaracharya of India. Under his tutelage, she was personally trained in the Himalayan Tradition of yoga sciences, meditation and eastern music, including kirtan. She further studied classical Indian vocals under Laxmi Narayan Tiwari from Kanpur, India. A second-generation yoga practitioner, Ragani has had lifelong involvements in yoga, meditation, and complementary medicine. Ragani's deep love of yoga, mysticism, and meditation has led her to India's Himalayas, where she and her husband have traveled and studied with many known and unknown yoga masters.

Ragani's latest mantra beat song was Love Holds Everything (#24 US iTunes World Music Chart, #26 Greece World Music Chart, #1 Top Selling Vocal and Top Selling World at CDBaby). Her album Ancient Spirit (Kirtan Café, Vol. II) was selected as "Editor's Pick" (CDBaby), named “Top Pick” (White Swan distributors, among others), awarded Best Production “Runner Up” (International Music Aid awards), and named “Best of the Year” (Backroads Music). Her award-winning Kirtan Café albums are recognized for their lush vocals, rich world instrumentation, and the sacred mantras of India. Her songs “[bring] to mind a winning collaboration between Enya and the sadly departed George Harrison.” (Conscious Choice Magazine)

 

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Ragani met Swami Rama
in 1975



Ragani & Pandit Jasraj in
concert, c1987


Ragani's youth




Kirtan with Ragani
live events