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Madhurai Sumhara is a passionate kirtan singer, yoga and meditation teacher, Priestess of the Goddess, visionary, community organizer, and artist of many kinds. She primarily focuses on singing kirtan and hosting immersive retreats, sharing her love of Indian culture and music. Madhurai has spent the last 11 years traveling in India, bringing groups to sacred sites, and volunteering with kids. Through her travels, she has had many formative experiences of devotion in the temples and community, especially when the kirtan is ecstatic and the community is dancing! Her faith is grounded in the immense power that she has received in the holy temples, mountains, and rivers of India. Her intention in sharing kirtan is to bring a taste of that bhav (divine mood) and shakti (creative power) across the seas to our community here in the USA. Madhurai will be sharing her voice as well as playing her beloved harmonium, which she brought home from India several years ago. Her partner William supports the music with drums and percussion, which always gets people dancing in devotion!