The artist, Meera Raghu, was spiritually inspired after listening to divine melodious songs called Arka Geetha, composed by Srinivas Arka, a renowned philosopher, author, inspirational speaker, developer of meditation method called Arka Dhyana and founder of global spiritual organisation Centre for Conscious Awareness. Being a musician and Veena artist, Meera, through her inspirational experience, selected some of the songs of Arka Geetha, which are based on Lord Ganesha and the Philosophy of Life, and created musical notation for rendering them on the Veena. Meera enthusiastically worked on the songs and recorded them with Tabla player Basant Madhur and Nigel Braddock of Monkey Records at his recording studio in Auckland in May 2005. To her amazement, the whole recording went off well, continuously and smoothly, without any obstacles like retake or editing. This was an extraordinarily unique experience for the artistes. This CD album is really special as the songs have been presented to this world by Divine guidance through the musical instruments of the artists.

The Artist: Meera RaghuMeera is a musician proficient in South Indian classical music called Carnatic Music, and in the art of Veena playing. Veena is a very ancient musical instrument and is used mainly in Carnatic Music. She has given many performances in India and overseas, mainly New Zealand, having lived in Auckland for more than a decade.Meera has a Masters’ degree in Physics and post-graduate diploma in Computer Science. She has been working in the computer field in the areas of training and software development in India & New Zealand.She had been imparting training in Veena playing to students and guiding them for music examinations conducted in Auckland. She was also invited to be an examiner for the Carnatic music examinations held in Auckland and Melbourne, conducted in affiliation with Academy of Fine Arts, London. Meera has obtained training in Arka Dhyana, a fine-tuned intuitive meditation method and specialized in it through workshops in the UK and India. She also imparts training in Arka Dhyana. Please visit the following websites for more information: www.srinivasarka.org, www.arkadhyana.org, www.centreforconsciousawareness.org, www.srinivasarka.com/store.