there are only a few who know about or have heard the special raag bhavani bhairav that pandit ravi shankar composed one early morning at the shri chitrapur math in shirali north karnatakamohan hemmadi a music connoisseur with his roots in mangalore who accompanied panditji on his tours as his manager and proudly possesses the rare recording recalls that moment frozen in time way back in the fifties when panditji was virtually unknown i had struck the first bond of friendship with him at a friends home in sonawala building in mumbai i found meditation in his music at the baithaks we had there hemmadi says reminiscing about the musicians closeness to the konkani community that went beyond the realm of music he had met the srimath anandashram swami the pontiff of shri chitrapur math at one of the cultural programmes he participated in where guru bhat shukla a priest at the math had sung for him the day after panditjis sixtieth birthday in april 7 1980 he expressed his desire to visit the swamis samadhi at shirali he had brought his sitar overwhelmed by the nights rendition of the puja for the presiding deity bhavanishankarshiva he was lost deep in thought early next morning he seated himself in front of the deity and composed raag bhavani bhairav with deep reverence dedicating it to lord bhavanishankar hemmadi recalls sharing rare insights into panditjis persona hemmadi says he was a stickler for time and a perfectionist and always sent him to the concert venue two hours early to check the acoustics and the green room ravi shankars fondness for his pet dog sharly was so visibly evident that he would take the pet on all his travels the dog would sit at the front row along with panditjis family till the end of the concert and then jump on the stage to be with his master hemmadi says with a laugh