“How can I know the right / So helpless am I / You have hid your face from me/O, thou most high / I call again and again at your high gate / None hears me, empty is the house, and desolate...” Tuka or Tukaram is, perhaps, the crown of bhakti in Maharashtra. Lord Vitthala, an incarnation of Vishnu, was the be-all of his life and ‘Tuka’ – as he refers to himself – sings of the pain of separation from his Lord in his abhangs. A collection of over 4000 of such devotional poems is attributed to Tukaram. Along with Namdev, Dnyaneshwar, Janabai and Eknath, Tukaram is the high point of the Bhagabata Hindu tradition revered in the ‘warakari’ way which emphasizes community service and musical group worship. Tukaram's kirtanas, or religious discourses, focused on love for fellow human beings as the expression of true religion rather than rituals and mechanical study of the scriptures. This evening Bhuvanesh Mukul Komkali sings Tukaram. The musical quest of Bhuvanesh – grandson of Pt. Kumar Gandharva and son of Mukul Shivputra – began in his infancy. With an unerring ear for rhythm and beat, the self-taught table player continues to learn from his grandmother Vasundhara Komkali and Pt. Madhup Mudgal. Trained in the fundamentals of music by such accomplished teachers has deepened Bhuvanesh's commitment to preserve and extend his heritage which reflects in his presentation of a composition, a raga. With a voice deeper in pitch than his grandfather’s, he is strikingly similar to Kumarji in weaving of fast tonal patterns. Bhuvanesh has a deep, mellifluous voice so fitting for bhajan.