to encourage the classical music traditions of the city an event was held by cultural organisations recently the event titled soul of benares was a soulful treat for the music lovers known sitar exponent deobrat mishra along with his group of artists regaled the audience with some raagbased presentations during the programme the delightful jugalbandi between the artists gave some memorable moments to the event deobrat mishra began with some compositions in raag kirwani he presented a thumri dagar beech kaise chalu in raag khamaj he concluded his performance with a composition in raag bhairavi giving a perfect accompaniment were rakesh kumar on flute om sahai on sarangi prashant mishra on table and adiya deep on pakhawajaditya deepaditya deepaishwarya and naman kapoor aishwarya and naman kapoor ashok kapoor l and anil nagarashok kapoor l and anil nagargautam neogi dr abhishek gupta and anil nagargautam neogi dr abhishek gupta and anil nagarl om sahai r shivani bharawaj l om sahai r shivani bharawajl pablo r bina khatril pablo r bina khatril rakesh kumar r umesh kabir l rakesh kumar r umesh kabir