Course Tutors

Tarang Alaiya

• He is based in London and has been learning tabla for 14 years, since he was just 10.
• He has performed in many programmes for spiritual gatherings, festivals, and various public occasions for many years already.
• He has played in music recordings for special conferences, events, and a variety of occasions.
• He also plays the dhol for special events, and can play the keyboard very well, among other instruments.
• He has a wealth of experience and plays tabla at a very high-quality standard very casually.
• He runs tabla classes of his own but has selflessly volunteered to help create this tabla course to benefit hundreds more on a global scale.

Sadhu Manoharmurtidas

• He has been based in London for over 20 years.
• He has been playing tabla and other percussion instruments for over 30 years in spiritual gatherings, festivals, and various public occasions around the world.
• He has taught tabla to a wide variety of students.
• He has a special knack of simplifying complex things for easy learning.
• He has accompanied many sadhus and singers during their kirtan-bhakti programmes and has also set-up music classes in which many youngsters have been trained over the past 10 years.

Sukhdeep Singh Dhanjal

• He is based in Leicester, UK and is a professional, reputed and UK-based tabla performer, teacher and workshop presenter
• Performed at WOMAD, Reading Festival, and the BBC, and leads the fusion quartet Garam Masala
• Special interest in teaching rhythm to youngsters with learning difficulties
• Dedicated disciple of the Punjab gharana but also has deep knowledge of other gharanas

Jogi Shukla

• He is based Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) and has achieved a Visharad (bachelor’s) degree
• He has accompanied renowned singers like Osman Mir, various Gujarati singers as well as BAPS Swamis & others
• He has played in many grand scale events and programmes in BAPS alongside several other artists.
• He has been playing for over 20 years and teaching to students globally for 7 years.

Dhaval Nayak

• He is based Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) and has achieved an Alankar (master’s) degree.
• He has accompanied BAPS Swamis & many artists for 20 years and has been teaching for 4 years.
• He has played in many grand scale events and programmes in BAPS alongside several other artists.
• In 2011, he participated in and received Guinness World Record for Largest Ensemble of Tabla Playing Event in Ahmedabad.
• In 2022, he participated in and received the Guinness World Record for ‘Most People in a Hand Drumming Relay’ by 284 Artists.
• Currently, while living in France, he still teaches students online.

Jay Amin

• He is based London, UK and has achieved a Visharad (bachelor’s) degree in 2022 at 18 years of age.
• He has become one of the youngest students to have achieved a Visharad at such a young age.
• He has accompanied BAPS Swamis, other singers and instrumentalists for over 10 years.
• He has been learning and playing elegantly for over 15 years.
• He is very keen to teach others to play instruments

Sachin Pimpale 

• He is based Mumbai, India but has continually performed in many programmes globally.
• He has accompanied BAPS Swamis, Jaydeep Swadia, many other singers for over 30 years.
• He has been teaching tabla globally for over 15 years.

Arjun Pankhania

Arjun Pankhania

• He is based Hinckley, UK and has been learning and playing for over 20 years.
• He has accompanied BAPS Swamis, other singers and instrumentalists for many years.
• He is multi-talented so can play tabla and sing simultaneously.