Divali | MantraSOUND live meditative concert recording

For our Dívali album, we included a live recording of a MantraSOUND meditative concert held in Budapest, featuring verse meditations by Rabindranath Tagore and Bakos Attila.

Divali, also known as Dīpāvali, is the Festival of Lights.
In Sanskrit, dīpā means lamp or oil lamp.

According to Hindu mythology, Divali symbolizes the victory of light, radiance (sattva), and knowledge over darkness (tamas) and ignorance (avidyā).
Based on the Hindu lunar calendar, the festival of Divali falls on the new moon day of the month of Kārttika (October–November).

On the evening of the celebration, people dress elegantly and offer light, and place oil lamps, candles and lanterns for Goddess Lakshmi, the supreme bestower of prosperity, material and spiritual abundance, good fortune, beauty, and love. These lamps are then placed in the windows so that Goddess Lakshmi may truly find her way into the home.

According to legend, on the Festival of Lights Lakshmi goes from house to house, blessing every beautifully illuminated home. Everyone wishes she would stay a little longer with them, yet she never remains for long in any one place.

Divali is not only a celebration of material prosperity, but also of spiritual light and upliftment. At this time, the Goddess is also revered in her form as Mahalakshmi, who illuminates our consciousness with the light of vidyā (true knowledge) and inspires us on the path of spiritual elevation and enlightenment.

The mantras featured on this album evoke the light of Divali. The verse meditations—translated and performed by writer and philosopher Bakos Attila—deepen the intimate, sacred atmosphere of the celebration, which is made even more inward and heartfelt by Mihály Duffek’s meditative bassoon solo.

Offered with love,
Virinchi Shakti – Bakos Judit Eszter

The Team

• Virinchi Shakti / Bakos Judit Eszter – singer, composer: mantras, vocals, keyboards
• Aninda Sundar / Bakos Attila – writer, philosopher, poet: verse meditations
• Mihály Duffek – musician, composer: bassoon
• Diána Osváth – master of ceremonies
• Éva Berki – dancer: Bharatanatyam Indian temple dance
• Gabriella Darvasi (Gaurangi) – dancer: classical dance
• Beatrix Tóth – lighting
• Gábor Komlódi – sound engineer: live recording
• Viktor Halász – sound engineer: editing, mastering, mixing
• Zsófia Deli – cover photography