Večer bhadžana i garbe za Navaratri, devet noći Božice. Santoshi Kirtan Band pjevao je od 18:30 do 20:30, a večer se nastavila garba plesom i večerom koju su pripremili Namaste Bistro i Shanti by Namaste. Ovo je koncert onakav kakav je te večeri odsviran, pjesmu po pjesmu.
A bhajan jamming and garba night for Navaratri, the nine nights of the Goddess. Santoshi Kirtan Band sang from 18:30 to 20:30, and the evening went on with garba dance and dinner by Namaste Bistro & Shanti by Namaste. This is the concert as it was played that night, song after song.
Listen here; the recordings are not for download. The concert videos are on Google Drive for now.Slušajte ovdje; snimke nisu za preuzimanje. Videi koncerta zasad su na Google Driveu.
Coming upUskoro
Sing with usPjevajte s nama
Where you can hear Santoshi Kirtan Band next. Come, sit, sing along.Gdje možete sljedeći put čuti Santoshi Kirtan Band. Dođite, sjednite, pjevajte s nama.
Velika dvorana, Češki narodni dom · Pavla Šubića 20, Zagreb
Come and experience joy, love and connection with the divine, singing together with us.Dođite doživjeti radost, ljubav i povezanost s božanskim, pjevajući zajedno s nama.
17.10.2026Navaratri Celebration · bhajan jamming & garba night, Czech National House — on the PlayerProslava Navaratrija · bhadžani i garba, Češki narodni dom — u Playeru
19.9.2026Concert, Big Hall, Czech National HouseKoncert, Velika dvorana, Češki narodni dom
13.6.2026Concert, ZagrebKoncert, Zagreb
9.5.2026Concert, ZagrebKoncert, Zagreb
Songs · our repertoirePjesme · naš repertoar
The mantras we singMantre koje pjevamo
Kirtan is singing together: one voice calls a line, everyone answers. The words are mantras, names of the divine in Sanskrit, repeated until the mind goes quiet and the heart opens. You do not need to know the words to join; after two rounds you will be singing along.Kirtan je zajedničko pjevanje: jedan glas zapjeva stih, svi odgovaraju. Riječi su mantre, imena božanskog na sanskrtu, koje se ponavljaju dok se um ne umiri i srce ne otvori. Ne morate znati riječi da biste se pridružili; nakon dva kruga pjevat ćete s nama.
Navaratri, the nine nights, is the festival of the Goddess. Traditionally the first three nights belong to Durga and Kali, who take away fear, the next three to Lakshmi, who brings abundance, and the last three to Sarasvati, who brings wisdom and music. Our concert of 17 October 2026 followed that path, after first greeting Ganesha.Navaratri, devet noći, blagdan je Božice. Po tradiciji prve tri noći pripadaju Durgi i Kali, koje odnose strah, sljedeće tri Lakšmi, koja donosi obilje, a posljednje tri Sarasvati, koja donosi mudrost i glazbu. Naš koncert 17. listopada 2026. išao je tim putem, nakon što smo najprije pozdravili Ganešu.
Navaratri concert, 17.10.2026Koncert za Navaratri, 17.10.2026.
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Jai Ganesha Pahi Mam
tozaGaneshaGanešu
Jaya Gaṇeśa, Jaya Gaṇeśa, Jaya Gaṇeśa, pāhi mām
Śrī Gaṇeśa, Śrī Gaṇeśa, Śrī Gaṇeśa, rakṣa mām
“Victory to Ganesha, protect me; holy Ganesha, guard me.” Ganesha, with the elephant head, removes obstacles and opens every beginning, so a kirtan starts with him.„Slava Ganeši, zaštiti me; sveti Ganeša, čuvaj me.“ Ganeša sa slonovskom glavom uklanja prepreke i otvara svaki početak, pa kirtan počinje s njim.
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Ambe Jagadambe
tozathe Divine MotherBožansku Majku
Ambe, Jagadambe
Ambā is “mother”, Jagadambā “mother of the whole world”. The song calls the Goddess whom Navaratri celebrates, the one mother behind all her forms.Ambā znači „majka“, Jagadambā „majka cijelog svijeta“. Pjesma zaziva Božicu koju Navaratri slavi, jednu majku iza svih njezinih oblika.
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Kali Kali Maha Maya
tozaKaliKali
A medley: Sarva Mangala · He Mata Kali · Jaya JagadambeSplet: Sarva Mangala · He Mata Kali · Jaya Jagadambe
Sarva maṅgala māṅgalye śive sarvārtha sādhike
śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo'stu te
Kali is the fierce, loving mother who cuts away fear and the small self; Mahāmāyā is her great power that makes and unmakes the world. The verse Sarva Mangala, from the Devī Māhātmya, bows to her: “O auspicious one, source of all good, who fulfils every aim, our refuge, three-eyed Gauri, Narayani, we bow to you.”Kali je žestoka i nježna majka koja odsijeca strah i malo ja; Mahāmāyā je njezina velika moć koja stvara i rastvara svijet. Stih Sarva Mangala iz Devī Māhātmye klanja joj se: „O blagoslovljena, izvore svakog dobra, koja ispunjavaš svaku težnju, naše utočište, trooka Gauri, Narayani, klanjamo ti se.“
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Sarasvati Maha Lakshmi
tozaSarasvati and LakshmiSarasvati i Lakšmi
Sarasvatī, Mahā Lakṣmī
Sarasvati is the goddess of knowledge, speech and music, the patron of every singer; Lakshmi brings abundance, beauty and grace. The song begins with a soft voice alone before the band comes in.Sarasvati je božica znanja, govora i glazbe, zaštitnica svakog pjevača; Lakšmi donosi obilje, ljepotu i milost. Pjesma počinje tihim glasom samim, prije nego što uđe bend.
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Kailasha Vasa Maha Deva
tozaShivaŠivu
Kailāsa vāsa, Mahā Deva
“Great God who dwells on Kailash.” Shiva sits in stillness on the sacred mountain in the Himalaya: the silence from which all the music comes.„Veliki Bože koji prebivaš na Kailašu.“ Šiva sjedi u tišini na svetoj planini na Himalaji: u tišini iz koje dolazi sva glazba.
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Uma Parvati Ananda Ma
tozaParvatiParvati
Umā, Pārvatī, Ānanda Mā
Uma and Parvati are names of Shiva's beloved, the daughter of the mountain; Ānanda Mā is “mother of bliss”. After Shiva's song, his other half.Uma i Parvati imena su Šivine voljene, kćeri planine; Ānanda Mā je „majka blaženstva“. Nakon Šivine pjesme, njegova druga polovica.
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Rama Rama Jaya Raja Ram
tozaRamaRamu
Rāma Rāma, jaya rājā Rām
“Rama, Rama, victory to Rama the king.” Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, is the image of the righteous, kind heart; his name is one of the simplest and oldest mantras.„Rama, Rama, slava Rami kralju.“ Rama, junak Ramayane, slika je pravednog, dobrog srca; njegovo ime jedna je od najjednostavnijih i najstarijih mantri.
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Asatoma Sadgamaya
tozaeveryonesve
Asato mā sad gamaya
tamaso mā jyotir gamaya
mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya
Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
From the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, one of the oldest prayers there is: “Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. Om, peace, peace, peace.” We always end with it.Iz Brihadaranyaka Upanišade, jedna od najstarijih molitvi: „Vodi me od nestvarnog k stvarnom, od tame k svjetlu, od smrti k besmrtnosti. Om, mir, mir, mir.“ Uvijek završavamo s njom.
The lines shown are the heart of each mantra; the full words as we sing them are being written down from the recording.Prikazani stihovi srce su svake mantre; cijele riječi kako ih pjevamo upravo zapisujemo sa snimke.
The bandBend
Santoshi Kirtan Band
Seven of us, from Zagreb. The pictures are painted stand-ins made from the concert video of 17 October 2026 until we have real photos.Sedmero nas, iz Zagreba. Slike su naslikane zamjene napravljene iz videa koncerta 17. listopada 2026. dok ne dobijemo prave fotografije.
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Svemir Vrankobass guitar · voicebas-gitara · glas
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Marko Boškodjembedžembe
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Kristian Nasteskimridangam · harmonium · voicemridangam · harmonij · glas
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Igor Pavlićvoice · guitarglas · gitara
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Tajana Stipetićvoiceglas
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Tomislav Tenšek Snoopyguitargitara
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Petra Belamarićtambourinetamburin
Equipment · the Santoshi rackOprema · Santoshi rack
One case. Ten minutes.Jedna kutija. Deset minuta.
Everything the band needs to sound good and record every concert travels in one rolling rack: the mixer in the top drawer, the microphones in the middle, the cables at the bottom. Open it, plug in, play.Sve što bendu treba da dobro zvuči i snimi svaki koncert putuje u jednom racku na kotačima: mikseta u gornjoj ladici, mikrofoni u srednjoj, kabeli u donjoj. Otvori, uključi, sviraj.
How we keep it fastKako to ide brzo
One static setupJedna stalna postavaThe same ten channels every time, in the same order. The mixer remembers the mix (a stored scene), so a soundcheck is a check, not a new mix.Istih deset kanala svaki put, istim redom. Mikseta pamti miks (spremljena scena), pa je tonska proba provjera, a ne novi miks.
The rack at the side of the stageRack uz rub pozorniceShort cables go straight from the band into the CQ-12T: no multicore, no table in the hall, no long runs.Kratki kabeli idu ravno od benda u CQ-12T: bez multikabela, bez stola u dvorani, bez dugih vodova.
Mixed from a tabletMiks s tabletaThe CQ-12T has its own Wi-Fi: the mix is made walking around the hall with the CQ MixPad or CQ4You app.CQ-12T ima vlastiti Wi-Fi: miks se radi šetajući dvoranom s aplikacijom CQ MixPad ili CQ4You.
Every concert recordedSvaki koncert snimljenThe CQ-12T records all channels to its SD card. That is where the concerts on the Player come from.CQ-12T snima sve kanale na svoju SD karticu. Odatle dolaze koncerti u Playeru.
Numbered cablesNumerirani kabeliEach cable and each mixer input carries the same number and colour: no searching, no swapping.Svaki kabel i svaki ulaz miksete nose isti broj i boju: bez traženja, bez zamjena.
Packed in reversePakiranje unatragMics back in their foam, cables coiled with their velcro, drawers shut, lid on, handle up.Mikrofoni natrag u spužvu, kabeli namotani s čičkom, ladice zatvorene, poklopac na mjesto, ručka gore.
The rackRack
Handle on top, front coverRučka na vrhu, poklopac sprijeda
An 8U moulded rack on wheels with a pull handle (SKB R8UW): one person rolls it in.Prešani rack od 8U na kotačima s ručkom za vuču (SKB R8UW): jedna ga osoba dogura.
Drawer 1 · the mixerLadica 1 · mikseta
Allen & Heath CQ-12T (290 × 88 × 242 mm) lying in a 3U drawer. To play, pull the drawer out, or lift the mixer onto the closed rack; its sockets are at the back.Allen & Heath CQ-12T (290 × 88 × 242 mm) leži u ladici od 3U. Za sviranje izvuci ladicu ili podigni miksetu na zatvoreni rack; priključci su joj straga.
Drawer 2 · the microphonesLadica 2 · mikrofoni
Five vocal mics, two drum mics, three DI boxes, each in foam.Pet vokalnih mikrofona, dva za bubnjeve, tri DI kutije, svaki u spužvi.
Drawer 3 · the cablesLadica 3 · kabeli
Fourteen 10 m XLR cables and three guitar cables, coiled, tied, numbered.Četrnaest XLR kabela od 10 m i tri gitarska kabela, namotani, vezani, numerirani.
Packed: one case, the handle up, rolled inSpakirano: jedna kutija, ručka gore, dogura seDrawer 1: the CQ-12T, mixed from a tabletLadica 1: CQ-12T, miksa se s tabletaDrawer 2: every microphone and DI box in its placeLadica 2: svaki mikrofon i DI kutija na svom mjestuDrawer 3: the cables, coiled and numberedLadica 3: kabeli, namotani i numeriraniOn stage: the rack at the side, the band playingNa pozornici: rack sa strane, bend svira
Illustrations made with AI (Gemini), to show the idea; the real rack follows the list below.Ilustracije napravljene umjetnom inteligencijom (Gemini), da pokažu ideju; pravi rack slijedi popis ispod.
The channelsKanali
Seven players, ten inputs on the CQ-12T. Petra's tambourine is heard through the vocal mics.Sedam svirača, deset ulaza na CQ-12T. Petrin tamburin čuje se kroz vokalne mikrofone.
ChKan
WhoTko
WhatŠto
Microphone / DIMikrofon / DI
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TajanaTajana
lead voiceglavni glas
SM58 on a boomSM58 na stalku s krakom
2
IgorIgor
voiceglas
SM58 on a boomSM58 na stalku s krakom
3
SvemirSvemir
voiceglas
SM58 on a boomSM58 na stalku s krakom
4
KristianKristian
voiceglas
SM58 on a boomSM58 na stalku s krakom
5
KristianKristian
harmoniumharmonij
SM58 on a boom, over the harmoniumSM58 na stalku s krakom, iznad harmonija
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IgorIgor
acoustic guitarakustična gitara
pickup → BSS AR133pickup → BSS AR133
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SnoopySnoopy
nylon-string guitargitara s najlonskim žicama
pickup → BSS AR133pickup → BSS AR133
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SvemirSvemir
5-string bassbas s 5 žica
bass → BSS AR133 (the amp stays on stage as his monitor)bas → BSS AR133 (pojačalo ostaje na pozornici kao njegov monitor)
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KristianKristian
mridangammridangam
SM57 on a short stand, between the two headsSM57 na niskom stalku, između dvije opne
10
MarkoMarko
djembedžembe
SM57 on a short stand, from aboveSM57 na niskom stalku, odozgo
Shopping list · ThomannPopis za kupnju · Thomann
Prices from thomann.de on 25.10.2026; they change. The Allen & Heath CQ-12T is not on the list: Marko has it.Cijene s thomann.de na dan 25.10.2026.; mijenjaju se. Allen & Heath CQ-12T nije na popisu: Marko ga ima.
Tajana, Igor, Svemir, Kristian's voice and his harmonium: the stage standard, survives everythingTajana, Igor, Svemir, Kristianov glas i njegov harmonij: standard pozornice, preživi sve
Kristian's mridangam and Marko's djembe; on 17.10 the mridangam mics clipped, so gain lowKristianov mridangam i Markov džembe; 17.10. mikrofoni mridangama su se izobličili, zato nisko pojačanje
pickup → balanced XLR, no hum on a 10 m cable; runs on phantom power from the CQpickup → simetrični XLR, bez brujanja na 10 m kabelu; napaja se phantom napajanjem iz CQ-a
every coil closed the same way; a coloured tape with the channel number on each endsvaki kabel zatvoren na isti način; obojena traka s brojem kanala na svakom kraju