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GAAYATRI is a Naad Yogini and pure vocalist of the Rampur-Maihar Senia Gharana, one of the last living lineages of Naad Yoga tracing back to Mian Tansen and his Guru, the greatest Naad Yogi in history - Swami Haridas. Trained under the legendary Ustad Ali Akbar Khan in the traditional Guru-Shishya parampara from the age of four, she grew up immersed in the kriyas of Raaga as a path of vibrational yoga and spiritual enlightenment.

Her artistry is rooted in the oldest forms of Raaga, including Dhrupad and Khyaal, carrying a rare emphasis on tonal purity and resonance — attuning each listener to their own Naad, their inner vibration. Alongside this, she brings in Bhakti music and mantra, weaving together multiple sacred forms of sound.

Raised in America, GAAYATRI embodies the dual role of an authentic lineage artist and innovative global creator. This duality allows her to hold both worlds: offering sacred Naad Yoga sound journeys and spiritual practice, while also contributing her voice and compositions to global cinema, television, and media.

Over the past decade, her voice has carried into iconic cultural moments, gracing some of the most celebrated A-list productions. She is featured in works ranging from Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel, and League of Legends’ Nilah’s Theme, to DreamWorks’ The Hundred Foot Journey and Disney’s Million Dollar Arm. She has sung with world-renowned artists including AR Rahman, Camila Cabello, Billie Eilish, Justin Timberlake, Carlos Santana, and Angelique Kidjo. As a creator, she has contributed original multilingual songs in Telugu, Hindi, and English, and her compositions have been performed on world stages such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Notably, GAAYATRI created music for Marvel Studios’ award-winning series "What If…?”, composing the groundbreaking piece “Jeet Hai Hamari” — the first-of-its-kind blend of Bollywood musical tradition with the lush, cinematic energy of 1930s Golden Age Hollywood Big Band Jazz. This work marked a cultural milestone, weaving Indian sonic identity into a major global studio production with innovation and authenticity.

At the heart of it all, GAAYATRI sees music as a spiritual practice — a discipline of vibration and resonance that has the power to transform heaviness into light. She takes it as her responsibility to create music that is uplifting, high-vibrational, and spiritually nourishing. Her story is one of carrying an ancient practice into the modern world, and of using her voice as a channel to the divine.