Bhavik Haria

But then we understood what he was doing and how he was creating such a beautiful blessing to start the event or whatever we were hosting.

And he was part of this Jalambapa Mandri.

Every Thursday night, they would go to different people's homes or community centers, and they would all take turns and sing.

So a group of 20, 30 people would travel every single week to different places around the UK.

And my mom used to go.

And eventually, she took me along with her.

I used to take my harmonium.

They always used to encourage me to sing.

I used to make loads of mistakes, but they were just...

so generous with their love of just sharing this music and singing.

And then my parents bought me a piano.

I used to take that along with me at the time.

It was like four times the size of me, but I used to lug it around and play.

And for them, it was something new at the time because they just had the harmonium, the tabla, the manjira, and I was just trying something new.

But that's where it began for me.

I think pigeons for that generation at the time was keeping true to what they had grown up with and understanding and enjoyed singing.

And another big part is the legacy and ensuring generations to come understand.

And as I said, sometimes we as kids used to think, oh my gosh, this is boring.

Sometimes he'd go on for like half an hour.

But actually looking back now, it was such a beautiful way of creating this legacy for future generations to come.