Sawariya

Sawariya is a track from the live album Taravaka (Live) by tabla virtuoso Bickram Ghosh. The composition appears as the seventh track on the release, which debuted on October 25, 2019 in digital media format. The piece runs for 5 minutes and 51 seconds.

The track features a collaborative ensemble led by Ghosh, with contributions from vocalist Piu Mukherjee, sarod player Sarwar Hussain, sitarist Abhisek Mallick, and dancer Samila Bhattacharya. The album captures a live performance, though the specific venue or recording context remains undocumented in available sources. Taravaka (Live) showcases Ghosh’s fusion of traditional Hindustani classical elements with contemporary arrangements, a hallmark of his discography.

The composition Sawariya integrates rhythmic cycles characteristic of North Indian classical music, with Ghosh’s tabla forming the percussive foundation. Mukherjee’s vocal delivery adopts a semi-classical style, while Hussain and Mallick provide melodic accompaniment on sarod and sitar respectively. Bhattacharya’s involvement suggests a choreographic dimension, though visual documentation of the performance is not confirmed in the audio release.

The album Taravaka (Live) was distributed digitally, with no physical media edition verified. No commercial label is explicitly credited in the primary release metadata, indicating possible independent or self-published distribution. The tracklist and liner notes, where available, do not provide detailed lyrical or compositional analysis of Sawariya, limiting further technical description of its structure or thematic content.