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Samadhi (Emergence 2026)
Fri 23 – Sat 24 January 2026
Part of Emergence Festival
Contemporary Music And Performance
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What price would you pay to free your soul? Samadhi: Birth of Kabandha enters into the heavenly realm of Svargaloka to gauge whether chaos is an essential ingredient in the recipe of liberation. It challenges the suffocating silence of the “model minority”: the toxic sludge that grows into a monster. It asks if the cycle of rebirth can be shattered, if martyrdom a form of surrender, and if order itself is the prison. Drawn from the Ramayana epic, the story follows Vishvasu, a celestial musician granted a boon of immortality, who must disrupt the divine order and make enemies along the way for the realm to grow. But is it worth it? Blending epic myth with modern alienation, Samadhi: Birth of Kabandha confronts conformity, complicity, and the perilous pursuit of transcendence.
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Aditya Singh – Vishvasu