Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh 2016 - Music Of The Temples

A short documentary on the legendary music festival held annually at the Sankat Mochan Temple in Varanasi (Benares), India. The festival originally started out as a day and night festival in the early 20th century. Since then, due to the popularity of the event, the Temple now host the festival over a 6 day and night period that falls on the auspicious occasion of Hanuman Jayanti - The birth of Lord Hanuman. Artists of the highest calibre grace the Sankat Mochan stage and do so completely free of charge -