After 25 years performing across the world, Dubai-based Carnatic vocalist Rajani Shridhar releases a body of work that is closer to a sustained breath than a song.

◆  DUBAI, UAE

There is a quiet shift happening inside the UAE’s wellness scene, and it is not coming from the usual places. Not from a new gym chain, not from a cold plunge studio, not from another app. It is coming from a small studio in Dubai where one of the city’s most respected Carnatic vocalists has spent the last several years recording something the local market has not really seen before.

That work is called NaadaDhyaan, which loosely translates to meditation through sound. It launches publicly on Saturday, 9 May 2026 at BHUB in Burjuman, with a live guided listening session and a small ceremony for around 70 to 100 invited guests.

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