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Matunga flower market

Matunga (Marathi: माटुंगा) is a district located in the central part of Mumbai. It is a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. This station is called Matunga on the Central railway line, Matunga Road on the Western line and King's Circle, (officially named, Maheshwari Udyan) on the Harbour Line. The main places of interest here are temples and restaurants.

History[link]

A historical picture of the Church of Mary, Help of Christians

Marubai Temple, Matunga

Matunga formed a part of the seven original islands of Mumbai with Mahim (then known as Mahikavati). Mahim, or Mahikawati as it was known, was the capital of Raja Bhimdev, who reigned over the region in the 13th century. Raja Bhimdev's origins are not clearly known. He may have come from Anahilwada-Patan in Gujarat or from the dynasty of Yadavs in Deogiri. He built a palace and a court of justice in Prabhadevi, as well as the first Babulnath temple. Raja Bhimdev stationed his elephant cavalry near Mahim. This place was referred to as Matanga (मतंग), the Sanskrit for elephant. This is the name from which the present-day name "Matunga" has been derived^{[citation needed]}.

Matunga was among the first planned suburbs of Mumbai. The Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion plan of 1899-1900 was formulated to evenly distribute population as well as provide better living standards.^[1]

Mini Madras

Matunga is also known as Mini Madras, thanks to its huge population of Tamil Brahmins, South Indian type temples namely Bhajana Samaj / Sankara Mattam & educational institutions like the legendary SIES school. All types of religious books, groceries, vegetables & flowers are available in the vast Matunga Market similar to what one can find in cities down South of India.

South Indian Restaurants

Matunga is also very famous for its lip smacking & authentic South Indian food ranging from steaming hot Idlis, crisp Vadas, different varieties of Dosas to a fresh brewed filter kaapi. These delicasies can be found in traditional South Indian Restaurants in and around Matunga which have been providing high quality food at very reasonable prices for the past so many decades such as: 1) Anand Bhawan 2) Mysore Café 3) Café Madras 4) Amba Bhawan Coffee House 5) Ram Ashraya 6) Sri Sunders 7) Sharada Bhawan 8) Mahabhoj 9) Arya Bhawan 10) Mani's Lunch Home 11) A.Rama Nayak Udipi Lunch Home 12) Idli House

Education hub

In 1937, the general council of Salesians of Don Bosco approved a plan to buy 60,000 square yards (50,000 m²) land in Matunga from the Bombay Municipal Corporation. The Corporation approved the sale on July 16, 1937. The Salesians bought the land for Rs. 229,160. The Don Bosco High School (formerly known as The Catholic Educational Institute) run by them was shifted from the rented premises at Tardeo to the new Don Bosco camp.

Premier Educational Institutions

1) VJTI - Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute 2) UDCT - University Department of Chemical Technology 3) GN Khalsa College of Arts & Science 4) RA Poddar College of Commerce 5) Ramnarain Ruia College of Arts & Science 6) Wellingkar College of Management Studies

Notable Former Residents

• Prithviraj Kapoor
• Raj Kapoor
• Manmohan Krishna
• KN Singh
• Shammi Kapoor
• Dina Pathak
• Vidya Sinha
• Hari Haran

References[link]

Saint John Bosco
Confessor, Founder, "Father and Teacher of Youth"
Born	(1815-08-16)16 August 1815 Castelnuovo d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died	31 January 1888(1888-01-31) (aged 72)
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion
Beatified	2 June 1929[1], Rome by Pius XI
Canonized	1 April 1934[2], Rome by Pius XI
Major shrine	The Tomb of St John Bosco, Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin, Italy
Feast	31 January
Patronage	Christian apprentices, editors, publishers, schoolchildren, young people, magicians

John Bosco (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 1815^[3] – 31 January 1888^[4][5]), known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method known as the Salesian Preventive System.^[6] A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he founded the Salesians of Don Bosco.^[7] Together with Maria Domenica Mazzarello, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a religious congregation of nuns dedicated to the care and education of poor girls. In 1876 Bosco founded a movement of laity, the Association of Salesian Cooperators, with the same educational mission to the poor.^[8] In 1875 he published the Salesian Bulletin.^[9][10] The Bulletin has remained in continuous publication, and is currently published in 50 different editions and 30 languages.^[9]

Bosco established a network of organizations and centres to carry on his work. Following his beatification in 1929, he was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1934.

Life[link]

Bosco was born in the evening of 16 August 1815 in I Becchi, Italy.^[11] He was the youngest son of Francesco Bosco (1784–1817) and Margherita Occhiena. He had two elder brothers, Antonio and Giuseppe (1813–1862).^[11] The Boscos of Becchi were farmhands of the Moglia Family. John Bosco was born into a time of great shortage and famine in the Piedmontese countryside, following the devastation wrought by the Napoleonic wars and a drought in 1817.^[12]

Margherita, his mother, played a strong role in Bosco's formation and personality,^[13] and was an early supporter of her son's ideals.^[14][15] When he was young, he would put on shows of his skills as a juggler, magician and acrobat^[16] with prayers before and after the performance.^[17]

In 1825, when he was nine, Bosco had the first of a series of dreams which would play an influential role in his outlook and work.^[18] This first dream "left a profound impression on him for the rest of his life", according to his own memoirs.^[18] Bosco apparently saw a man, who "appeared, nobly attired, with a manly and imposing bearing".^[18] The man said to him:

You will have to win these friends of yours not with blows, but with gentleness and kindness. So begin right now to show them that sin is ugly and virtue beautiful.^[18][19]

Poverty prevented any serious attempt at schooling. Nevertheless it is suggested that the idea to become a priest came from his childhood experiences.^[20] At the time, being a priest was generally seen as a profession for the privileged classes, rather than farmers, although it was not unknown.^[20] Some biographers portray his brother Antonio as the main obstacle for Bosco's ambition to study, protesting that John was just "a farmer like us!"^[21] Nevertheless, Margaret gave her support to John and he finally left home in February 1828 at the age of twelve.^[20] Having to face life by himself at such a young age may have developed his later sympathies to help abandoned boys. After begging unsuccessfully for work, Bosco ended up at the wine farm of Louis Moglia.^[20] However, although Bosco could pursue some studies by himself, he was unavailable to attend school for two more years. In 1830 he met Joseph Cafasso, an elderly priest who identified some natural talent and supported his first schooling.^[22]

Priesthood and first apostolates[link]

Don Bosco

John Bosco began as the chaplain of the Rifugio ("Refuge"), a girls' boarding school founded in Turin by the Marchioness Giulia di Barolo, but he had many ministries on the side such as visiting prisoners, teaching catechism and helping out at country parishes.

A growing group of boys would come to the Rifugio on Sundays and feast days to play and learn their catechism. They were too old to join the younger children in regular catechism classes in the parishes. This was the beginning of the "Oratory of St. Francis de Sales". Bosco and his oratory moved around town for a number of years and were turned out of several places in succession. After only two months based in the church of St. Martin, the entire neighborhood expressed its annoyance with the noise coming from the boys at play. A formal complaint was lodged against them with the municipality. Rumors also circulated that the meetings conducted by the priest with his boys were dangerous; their recreation could be turned into a revolution against the government. The group was evicted.^[23]

In 1846, Bosco rented a shed in the new Valdocco neighborhood on the north end of town from Mr. Pinardi. This served as the oratory's new home. His mother moved in with him and in 1844, he and "Mamma Margherita" began taking in orphans.

Even before this, Bosco had the help of several friends at the oratory. These included priests like Joseph Cafasso and Borel, some older boys like Giuseppe Buzzetti, Michael Rua, Giovanni Cagliero and Carlo Gastini.^{[citation needed]}

One influential friend was the Piedmontese Justice Minister Urbano Rattazzi, who despite being anticlerical, nevertheless saw some value in Bosco’s work.^[24][25] While Rattazzi was pushing a bill through the Sardinian legislature to suppress religious orders, he advised Bosco on how to get around the law and found a religious order to keep the oratory going after its founder’s death.^[24] Bosco had been thinking about that problem, too, and had been slowly organizing his helpers into a loose "Congregation of St. Francis de Sales". He was also training select older boys for the priesthood. Another supporter of the religious order's idea was the reigning pope, Blessed Pius IX.^[26]

Bosco hated the ideals that had been exported by revolutionary France, calling Rousseau and Voltaire "two vicious leaders of incredulity",^[27] favouring an ultramontane view of politics that acknowledged the supreme authority of the pope. In 1854, when the Kingdom of Sardinia was about to pass a law suppressing monastic orders and confiscating ecclesiastical properties, Bosco reported a series of dreams about "great funerals at court", referring to politicians or members of the Savoy court.^[28] In November 1854, he sent a letter to King Victor Emmanuel II, admonishing him to oppose the confiscation of church property and suppression of the orders, but the King failed to respond.^[29] His actions, which had been described by Italian historian Erberto Petoia as having "manifest blackmailing intentions",^[30] ended only after the intervention of Prime Minister Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. Despite such criticisms, the king's family did in fact suffer a number of deaths in a short period. From January to May 1855, the king's mother (age 54), wife (32), newborn son (Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Genoa; nearly four months old), and his only brother (32) all died.^[28][29]

Opposition to Bosco and his work came from various quarters. Traditionalist clergy accused him of stealing a lot of young and old people away from their own parishes. Nationalist politicians (including some clergy) saw his several hundred young men as a recruiting ground for revolution. The Marquis de Cavour, chief of police in Turin, regarded the open-air catechisms as overtly political and a threat to the State, and was highly suspicious of Bosco's support for the powers of the papacy. Bosco was interrogated on several occasions, but no charges made. Closure may have been prevented by orders from the king that Bosco was not to be disturbed.^[31]

Several attempts were also made on Bosco's life, including a near-stabbing, bludgeoning and a shooting. Early biographers put this down to the growing influence of the Waldensians in opposition to Catholic clergy.^[23]

Foundation of the Salesians of Don Bosco[link]

Basilica Don Bosco in Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Asti.

St. John Bosco Parish Church, Philippines.

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In 1859, Bosco selected the experienced priest Vittorio Alasonatti, 15 seminarians and one high school boy and formed them into the "Society of St. Francis de Sales." This was the nucleus of the Salesians, the religious order that would carry on his work. When the group had their next meeting, they voted on the admission of Joseph Rossi as a lay member, the first Salesian brother. The Salesian Congregation was divided into priests, seminarians and "coadjutors" (the lay brothers).

Next, he worked with estarino, Mary Mazzarello and a group of girls in the hill town of Mornese. In 1871, he founded a group of religious sisters to do for girls what the Salesians were doing for boys. They were called the "Daughters of Mary Help of Christians." In 1874, he founded yet another group, the "Salesian Cooperators." These were mostly lay people who would work for young people like the Daughters and the Salesians, but would not join a religious order.^[32]

The first Salesians departed for the United States of America in 1875. After his ordination, Bosco himself would have become a missionary had not his director, Joseph Cafasso, opposed the idea. He nevertheless eagerly read the Italian edition of the Annals of the Propagation of the Faith and used this magazine to illustrate his Cattolico Provveduto (1853) and his Month of May booklets (1858).

When Bosco founded the Salesian Society, the thought of the missions still obsessed him, though he completely lacked the financial means at that time. Bosco claimed he had another dream where he was on a vast plain, inhabited by primitive peoples, who spent their time hunting or fighting among themselves or against soldiers in European uniforms. Along came a band of missionaries, but they were all massacred. A second group appeared, which Bosco at once recognized as Salesians. Astonished, he witnessed an unexpected change when the fierce savages laid down their arms and listened to the missionaries. It seems the dream made a great impression on Bosco, because he tried hard to identify the men and the country of the dream – and for three years collected information about different countries. A request from Argentina, turned him towards the Indians of Patagonia, and a study of the people there convinced him that the country and its inhabitants were the ones he had seen in his dream. Towards the end of 1874, John Bosco received letters from the Argentine consul at Savona requesting that he accept an Italian parish in Buenos Aires and a school for boys at San Nicolas de los Arroyos.

Bosco regarded it as a sign of providence and started to prepare a mission. Adopting a way of evangelization that would not expose his missionaries to wild, "uncivilized" tribes, he proposed setting up bases in safe locations from which missionary efforts were to be launched. Negotiations started after Archbishop Aneiros of Buenos Aires had indicated that he would be glad to receive the Salesians. In a ceremony held on 29 January 1875, Bosco was able to convey the great news to the oratory. On 5 February he announced the fact in a circular letter to all Salesians asking volunteers to apply in writing. He proposed that the first missionary departure start in October. There were many vounteers.

Statue of San Juan Bosco, Ronda, Spain

Statue of San Juan Bosco, Makati City, Philippines.

Preventive System[link]

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Bosco's capability to attract numerous boys and adult helpers was connected to his "Preventive System of Education". He believed education to be a "matter of the heart" and said that the boys must not only be loved, but know that they are loved. He also pointed to three components of the Preventive System: reason, religion and kindness. Music and games also went into the mix.

Bosco gained a reputation early on of being a holy man and miracle worker^{[citation needed]}. For this reason, Michael Rua, Giuseppe Buzzetti, Giovanni Cagliero and several others chronicled his sayings and doings. These are preserved in the Salesian archives. Later on they were combined into 77 scrapbooks with oral testimonies and Bosco’s own Memoirs of the Oratory. His aim was to write a detailed biography. This project eventually became a nineteen-volume enterprise, carried out by him and two other authors. These are the Biographical Memoirs.

Death and legacy[link]

Bosco died on 31 January 1888. His funeral was attended by thousands. Soon after there was popular demand to have him canonized^{[citation needed]}. The Archdiocese of Turin investigated and witnesses were called to determine if Bosco was worthy to be declared a saint. The Salesians, Daughters and Cooperators gave supportive testimonies. But many remembered Bosco’s controversies in the 1870s with Archbishop Gastaldi and some others high in the Church hierarchy thought him a loose cannon and a "wheeler-dealer". In the canonization process, testimony was heard about how he went around Gastaldi to get some of his men ordained and about their lack of academic preparation and ecclesiastical decorum. Political cartoons from the 1860s and later showed him shaking money from the pockets of old ladies or going off to America for the same purpose. These cartoons were not forgotten. Opponents of Bosco, including some cardinals, were in a position to block his canonization and many Salesians feared around 1925 that they would succeed.

Pope Pius XI had known Bosco and pushed the cause forward. Bosco was declared blessed in 1929 and canonized on Easter Sunday of 1934, when he was given the title of "Father and Teacher of Youth".^[33]

While Bosco had been popularly known as the patron saint of illusionists, on 30 January 2002, Silvio Mantelli petitioned Pope John Paul II to formally declare St. John Bosco the Patron of Stage Magicians.^[34] Catholic stage magicians who practice Gospel Magic venerate Bosco by offering free magic shows to underprivileged children on his feast day^{[citation needed]}.

Bosco's work was carried on by his early pupil, collaborator and companion, Michael Rua, who was appointed rector major of the Salesian Society by Pope Leo XIII in 1888.

References[link]

Citations

Bibliography

Further reading[link]

External links[link]

• Media related to Don Bosco at Wikimedia Commons
• Dream of the Great Ship – Interpretations of Saint John Bosco's Dream of the Two Columns
• Salesians of Don Bosco Official Website (multi-lingual website)
• Salesians of Don Bosco Official Website (Philippine North)
• Salesians of Don Bosco Official Website (Philippine South)
• Salesians of the UK
• UK Salesian (alumnus) website
• Don Bosco's important writings in original language
• Founder Statue in St Peter's Basilica
• Published Writings (italian)
• SPYS – Salesian Pastoral Youth Service
• Saint John Bosco: Modern Apostle of Youth by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• – Development office of the Salesian Province of St.Joseph, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA ( INH )
• Who is Don Bosco?

Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan at the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Night.
Background information
Born	(1967-03-03) March 3, 1967 (age 45) Chembur, Mumbai[1]
Genres	Indian music, playback singing, composer
Occupations	Singer, composer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1998–present
Associated acts	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Notable instruments
Vocals and Veena

Shankar Mahadevan (Tamil: ஷங்கர் மகாதேவன்) is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.

Early life[link]

Shankar Mahadevan was born and brought up in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai,^[1] to a Tamil Iyer family from Palakkad, Kerala.^[2] He learned Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied under Srinivas Khale, a well known Marathi music composer. He went to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School in Chembur. He subsequently attended SIES College in Sion and completed his HSC. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai under the auspices of Mumbai University. He worked as a software engineer on Oracle Version Six.

Career[link]

After working for a while for Leading Edge Systems, Shankar ventured into the field of music.^[3] He earned his first award as a playback singer in a Tamil movie, collaborating with A. R. Rahman and winning a National Film Award for his song in Kandukondain Kandukondain. A prominent star in the Kodambakkam film industry, he gained further recognition upon the release of his first music album, Breathless, in 1998. The title track of the album had been prepared in such a manner that it is sung without any break, so it appears to be sung in one breath and thus the title "breathless". He later got into music direction and became a part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, composing music for Hindi films.

He has sung in many films for A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik and other music directors, performing songs like "Urvashi Take It Easy" from Humse Hai Muqabla (1995), "I Love You" from Auzaar (1997), "Kay Sera Sera" from Pukar (2000) and many more songs in the nineties. Most of the songs sung by him in Hindi are composed by him (as part of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy). He has sung numerous songs in Tamil for a multitude of composers, ranging from veterans to newcomers. He has also sung in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and other regional languages. In Marathi he has sung for noted composers like Shridhar Phadke and Ajay-Atul.

He enjoyed a successful run with the fusion jazz band SILK with Louis Banks on keyboards, Sivamani on percussion, Sridhar Parthasarathy on mridangam and Karl Peters on bass guitar.

Shankar Mahadevan has also provided vocals for several songs by the band Remember Shakti, which features musicians including ,Musician Chandan Sharma, Musician John McLaughlin, U. Srinivas and V. Selvaganesh. He was music director for the famous "School Chale Hum" song on Doordarshan.

He was a mentor on Zee TV's musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.

He is a team captain, judge, and mentor on Star Plus's musical show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Shankar's Rockstars; his team won Music Ka Maha Muqqabala 2010.

In March 2009 he performed at Ragam 09, an intercollegiate cultural festival hosted by the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) in Kerala.

In February 2010 he performed at Kuruksastra 10, an intercollege cultural festival hosted by the SASTRA University, Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

In September 2010 he performed at PULSE-2010, India's Second largest Inter-college Festival at All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

In March 2011 he started the Shankar Mahadevan Academy. The Academy offers tutorials and virtual vocal courses in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, religious chanting, Indian folk music, and Bollywood songs.^[4]

Shankar was Invited by the UNESCO and the US state Dept to perform at UN general assembly hall for the finale of the International Jazz festival held on 30th April 2012.

Awards[link]

National Film Awards

• 2000: Best Male Playback Singer - "Yenna Solla Pogirai" (Kandukondain Kandukondain)
• 2004: Best Music Direction - Kal Ho Naa Ho (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
• 2008: Best Male Playback Singer - "Maa" (Taare Zameen Par)

State Film Awards

• 2008: Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer - "Kalyaana Kacheri" (Madampi)
• 2008: Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Venkatadri

Filmfare Awards

• 2002: Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Dil Chahta Hai (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
• 2003: Best Music Direction for Kal Ho Naa Ho (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
• 2005: Best Music Direction for Bunty Aur Babli (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)

Filmfare Awards South

• 2005: Best Playback Singer for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana-Telugu

Star Screen Awards

• 2000: Nominated for Best Background Music for Mission Kashmir (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
• 2001: Best Music Direction for Dil Chahta Hai (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
• 2005: Best Music Direction for Bunty aur Babli (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
• 2009: Nominated for Best Music Direction for Rock On!! (as part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)

Other awards

• 2007: Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for outstanding contribution to Indian film music
• 2009: Asianet Film Award for Best Male Playback - "Pichavecha Naal" (Puthiya Mukham)
• 2009: Annual Malayalam Movie Awards (Dubai) for Best Male Singer - "Pichavecha Naal" (Puthiya Mukham)
• 2011: Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Male Playback Singer - "Indhumukhi Varumo" (Holidays)^[5]

Filmography[link]

As composer[link]

• Vishwaroopam (2012)
• Don 2: The King is Back (2011)
• Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
• Game (2011)
• De Ghuma Ke (World Cup 2011 song)
• Patiala House (2011)
• Koochie Koochie Hota Hai (2011)
• Chittagong (2010)
• Tere Bin Laden (2010)
• Housefull (2010)
• Hum Tum Aur Ghost (2010)
• Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)
• Kismat Talkies (2010)
• My Name Is Khan (2010)
• London Dreams (2009)
• Wake Up Sid (2009)
• Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (Telugu) (2009)
• 13B/Yaavarum Nalam (2009)
• Sikandar (2009)
• Luck By Chance (2009)
• Shortkut (2009)
• Yavarum Nalam (Tamil) (2009)
• Chandni Chowk to China (2009)
• Madambi (Malayalam) (2008)
• Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008)
• Rock On!! (2008)
• High School Musical 2 Soundtrack (Hindi Version)
• Taare Zameen Par (2007)
• Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
• Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
• Heyy Babyy (2007)
• Marigold: An Adventure in India (2007)
• Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007)
• Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006)
• Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
• Dus (2005)
• Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (2005)
• Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
• Vanity Fair (2004)
• Phir Milenge (2004)
• Lakshya (2004)
• Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... (2004)
• Rudraksh (2004)
• Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
• Kuch Naa Kaho (2003)
• Nayee Padosan (2003)
• Armaan (2003)
• Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (2003)
• Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? (2002)
• Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
• Aalavandhan (2001) (Tamil)
• Mission Kashmir (2000)
• Dillagi (1999)
• Shool (1999)
• Bhopal Express (1999)
• Rockford (1999)

Discography[link]

• Breathless - Breathless is the album that first gave him fame, containing the song "Breathless", which he seems to sing in one breath.
• Nine - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a mood, including joy, sadness, love, etc.

See also[link]

• Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
• Shankar Mahadevan Academy

References[link]

External links[link]

• Shankar Mahadevan Official Site
• Shankar Mahadevan Official Facebook Page
• Shankar Mahadevan Official Twitter Page
• Shankar Mahadevan Academy
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy concert at Unmaad
• Shankar Mahadevan at the Internet Movie Database
• Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (official site)
• Biography
• Shankar Mahadevan talks Music, the world record and more!
• Shankar Mahadevan to rock Triveni Mahotsav ?

• Shankar loves to see audiences enjoy his music