Yei go Vitthale

O Vitthala, Come — A Devotional Group Presentation

“O Vitthala, you are my mother. You are my father. You are my everything. Please come.”

There is no performance quite like a bhakta’s call to the divine — because it is not performed. It is felt. YEI GO VITTHALE! is that call, made visible through dance.

Rooted in Maharashtra’s sacred Abhanga tradition — devotional verses born from the hearts of poet-saints like Namdev and Tukaram — this powerful group Bharatanatyam presentation transforms poetry into prayer and prayer into movement. Every gesture is a plea. Every step is an offering. The dancers do not just perform the Abhangas; they become them.

when a performance becomes a pilgrimage

Something remarkable happens during YEI GO VITTHALE! — as Vitthala’s name fills the space, the audience begins to chant along. The boundary between performer and witness dissolves. Dance and devotion merge. Music, movement, and faith interweave until there is no separation — only the collective experience of calling the divine with one voice, one heart.

The Abhanga verses speak with raw, unfiltered longing: You showed the righteous path to Arjuna on the battlefield. You blessed Sant Chokhamela with your sacred presence. You took ten incarnations to protect this world from darkness. Now I am calling you. Your devotee is calling. Please hear my plea and come.

This is not a performance to watch. It is a spiritual journey to enter.

A Legacy of Devotion

YEI GO VITTHALE! holds a special place in Apeksha Niranjan’s artistic life — it is a collaboration between guru and disciples. She performs alongside students who have become dancers themselves, embodying the most beautiful tradition in classical Indian arts: the passing of devotion, technique, and love from one generation to the next. The flame is kept alive.