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My grandfather was a popular musician in Western Odisha and he inspired me to learn music,” said Abhilipsa who recorded her first Odia song ‘Saraga Ra Fula Ame’ at the age of 10. Besides, another song ‘Manzil Kedarnath’ that she has sung with Jeetu last month is getting popular.“Music runs in my family. “This is how we can expand or contemporise the devotional music genre while retaining the essence of a ‘bhajan’ or ‘kirtan’ intact,” says Abhilipsa.Īlong with her sister Akanksha Panda, she recently released ‘Sawan Aayo’, again dedicated to Lord Shiva, which has got 1.9 million views so far. Layering traditional Hindu ‘bhajans’ with modern instruments was something she thinks is important to make devotional songs more accessible to youth. At a time when young singers are going the Bollywood way, she chooses to focus on devotional songs and has released many musical videos before ‘Har Har Sambhu’ happened.

A trained Odissi and Hindustani classical singer, Abhilipsa has always been experimental in her singing choices.

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Jeetu had seen some of my videos on the YouTube channel of a TV channel where I was a reality show (Odisha’s Super Singer) participant and he reached out for the collaboration,” said the young singer who has just finished her Plus Two.ĭaughter of Ashok Panda, ex-Army personnel, and Puspashree Pati Panda, a trained Odissi dancer, Abhilipsa with her raw and high-pitched vocals can sing in eight different languages. “Although belonging to the same place, we had never met before. Hailing from Barbil, Jeetu and Abhlipsa released the song in April this year on the former’s YouTube channel, ahead of the Shravana month. It feels very good that the song is today being appreciated by people from across all generations and religions,” said Abhilipsa, who has become a social media sensation now. “We made the bhajan with dubstep beats to give a western feel to it and make the Shiva Stotra appeal to the younger generation.

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