Mantra Mādhurya: a houseful evening, and a first for Vedic recitation
On 11 October, S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya launched the World's First Women Recited Vedic Album at Jama The Studio. Every seat was taken, people stood at the back to the last note, and the night ended with Prasāda served as dinner.
By Lohitesh · 16 October 2026
Some evenings sell out. Others overflow. On Sunday, 11 October, Mantra Mādhurya did both. Veda Nāda's concert with the sisters S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya filled Jama The Studio in Jayanagar well before the first verse. By the end, people were standing along the walls and at the back, unwilling to leave.
A first, on a Bengaluru stage
The evening marked the launch of the World's First Women Recited Vedic Album. For a very long time, Vedic chanting has been heard in a small circle of voices. Hearing it here, sung by two women from a family that has carried Carnatic music and Sanskrit hymns for four generations (they are great-granddaughters of M. S. Subbulakshmi), felt less like a concert and more like a door opening.
The room got it straight away. Over two hours the hall went quiet, then breathed with the chant, then broke into applause that went on longer than anyone had planned.
Houseful, and then some
Jama The Studio seats around ninety. Every ticket was gone, and Veda Nāda chose to keep the door open: many more listeners were let in free of cost, because the point of the evening was to be heard. The last rows were standing room by the closing piece, and nobody seemed to mind.
The best measure of a night like this is the back of the room. When people stand for an hour and stay to the last note, the music did its work.
Prasāda, in the measure of dinner
Veda Nāda's shows engage all five senses, and taste is always part of it. After the programme, everyone sat down to Prasāda served as a full dinner. It was warm, generous and delicious, and it turned a concert into a gathering. Strangers shared tables, the artists mingled with the audience, and conversations carried on long after the plates were cleared. For many, that meal is what made the day memorable.
Thank you
To Aishwarya and Saundarya for the music, to the Veda Nāda team for an evening put together with real care, to Jama The Studio for having us, and to everyone who came, booked, stood, listened and stayed for dinner: thank you.
If you missed it, the next Veda Nāda evening is Veda Nāda 7.0 in November. Follow Veda Nāda on en3 to hear about it first.
