Personalized Indian Music and Kirtan Lessons — Online and in Piscataway, NJ

I'm Nandakumar, a composer, performer, and teacher passionate about sharing the full richness of Indian music — from kirtan and devotional songs to Bollywood film music, ghazals, and semi-classical styles. Whether you're drawn to the spiritual or the cinematic, I teach in a way that feels personal, grounded, and alive, helping every student make the music their own

My teaching style is relaxed and informal — lessons move at your own pace, with no pressure to keep up with anyone else. All sessions are private and one-on-one, so every class is tailored entirely to you. Most students find the lessons genuinely enjoyable and come away surprised by how naturally the music unfolds.

THE SADHANA SERIES · A FREE 8-WEEK COMPANION

A free 8-week meditative companion to my Sunday raga releases on YouTube. Each week pairs one deity, one raga, and a simple daily practice with a new 60-minute therapeutic raga video, so you can read, listen, and sit with it together.

Free download · 6-page PDF · Delivered instantly

Download the Free Ganesha Guide →

No spam, no sales pitches, no daily emails. One Sunday note, one guide, one practice. That’s all. Your address stays with me — never shared, never sold.

One Deity. One Raga. One Practice — for Eight Weeks

A free 7-day sadhana guide arriving in your inbox every Sunday morning, beginning with Ganesha and Raga Hamsadhwani — paired with a 60-minute therapeutic raga release on YouTube the same day.

This is not a course. It is a quiet companion — eight weeks of sitting with eight deities, eight ragas, and the small, repeated practice that changes things slowly and for real. The first guide is yours, free, the moment you join.

🕉 The Week 1 Sadhana Guide, instantly — a beautifully designed 6-page PDF on Ganesha, the seed mantra Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha, the structure of Raga Hamsadhwani, and a day-by-day practice you can begin tonight.

🪷 A new deity, raga, and guide every Sunday for 8 weeks — Ganesha, Hanuman, Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi, Matangi, Krishna, Bhairavi. One inbox. One practice at a time.

🎧 A 60-minute therapeutic raga release every Sunday at 3 PM Eastern — single-raga instrumentals tuned to 432 Hz, designed for meditation, focus, sleep, or simply sitting with your morning tea.

✍️ From a working composer, not an algorithm — composed, recorded, and written by Nandakumar Nayar. No automated content, no AI-generated chants. Real practice, real raga, real voice.

Learn the Music You Love — Your Way

Whether you're drawn to Bollywood film songs, ghazals, bhajans, or semi-classical ragas — we dive straight into the music you love. No rigid syllabi, no boring drills. Just real songs, real progress, and a real connection to the music.