Sufi Music, Paintings & Awards unfold at the 4th International Sufi Festival Ajmer

The curtain raiser for the 4th International Sufi Festival India was held at Al Ikhlas Museum and Gallery, Ajmer.

Chief Guest Dewan & Head of Ajmer Sharif Dargah Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan inaugurated the event.

Gulsha begum festival director & Chairperson Kamaluddin Charitable Trust said the event was to seek the blessing of the revered Sufi saint of Ajmer shariff dargah as a tradition before the festival travelled in December to New Delhi

The event was followed by Sufi Painting exhibition and a award ceremony.

ISFI Award for Sufi Painting was awarded to renowned Artist Vijay Singh Chouhan for his work on Mughal art.

ISFI Award for Music was awarded to Zakir Ali Zakki Ali for their contribution from generation towards the Traditional Chishtiya Qawwali.

The musical concert began with the soulful sufiana kalaam on sitar by Sitar Maestro Dr sudeep Rai
(Disciple of Padmabhushan Pt.Debu Chaudhuri)

Followed by the kalaams of Hazrat Amir Khusrau in mesmerizing voice of Vaishali Rai made the audience swing with chaap tilak and Rang and damadam mast kalandar.

Kathak Exponent Manisha gulyani took the audience into a whirling experience with her mind blowing performance

The Traditional Chishtiya Sufi Ensemble of Zakir and Zakki Ali took the audience into a trance of divine music

The gala International Sufi Festival curtain raiser event was attended by music loving audience including Shri.Kamlendra Jha the chief patron of Kala Ankur Ackademy, Mr.Ajay Vikram Singh ( Former defence Secretery Govt.of India)Noted author Shri.Bakshish Singh,Smt.Ragini Chaturvedi and many others.

The 4th International Sufi Festival presented by Kamaluddin Charitable Trust with Marwah Studios will take place at Film City Noida on the 16th,17th and 18th of December 2014.

Invitation to the 4th International Sufi Festival India – Curtain Raiser

A science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but a science through which one can know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one’s inner self and beautify it with a variety of persona . Ecstasy and trance by Heartbeats to visualize the God as having been written on the heart for finding absolute truth is the essence of ISFI Festival.

 The 4th International Sufi Festival India , a presentation by Kamaluddin Charitable Trust & Marwah Studios.

 ISFI festival will be a journey for every individual soul to express the narrative and its beauty in the yearnings, plans and those external events, commandment and faith in the story is much profound view of reality and life. ISFI Festival presented with a contrasting perspective in its bring in the Remembrance of God through a devotional act with a wide range and various layers of meaning to engage in Dhikr with instrumental music, traditional sama, whirling dervishes, poetry, films and paintings where every seeker under every circumstance will connect in the most well known light.

 We cordially invite your gracious presence at the curtain raiser concert of the ISFI Festival which is a souvenir of our appreciation for the seekers of the truth.

 AJMER (RAJASTHAN) 
 Saturday 8th November at 6:00 pm
Venue: Al Ikhlas Museum & Gallery, Ajmer (Raj)

 Sufi Paintings Exposition
 Chief Guest : Dargah Deewan Janab Syed Zainul Abedin Khan Descendant of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty (R.A)

 Sufi Musical Recital – Featuring 
1. Sufiana Kalaam on Sitar Sitar Maestro Dr Sudeep Rai (Disciple of Padmabhushan Pt Debu Chaudhuri).
2. HAZIRI – Kathak on Sufi Poetry Kathak Exponent Ms Manisha Gulyani.
3. Kalaam e Khusrau Vaishali Rai
 4. Traditional Chishtiya Qawwali Janab Zakir & Zakki Ali.

 NEW DELHI 
16, 17, 18 December from 11 am to 7 pm
Venue: Marwah Studios

 For information: Call +91- 9845047027 / 7665555758
www.isfifestivals.com/  marwahstudios.com