NITN | @notintownlive | 19 Nov 2024, 01:24 am
Alive India and ITC Aashirvaad Svasti Milk join hands to create Chhath Anthem. Photo Courtesy: PR Team
Alive India, an artist-driven multilingual music label, partnered with ITC Aashirvaad Svasti Milk to celebrate Bihar’s largest cultural festival, Chhath Puja, by releasing an original anthem, “Chhath Puja Ji Aashirvaad.”
The song was launched across major audio streaming platforms, as well as the Aashirvaad Svasti Milk and Alive India YouTube channels.
Featuring Bollywood playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj, known for singing hit songs like “Kabira,” “Namak Ishq Ka,” and “Darling,” the anthem is an ode to Bihar’s cultural heritage.
The composition is backed by over 100 live instruments and rich Bhojpuri lyrics.

Traditional instruments like the shehnai, dholak, and sat matra taal, combined with layered vocals, captured the vibrant essence of Chhath Puja.
More than 6,500 Instagram reels were created on the song in just two days since it was released online.
2.5 million streams and views were recorded on the Aashirvaad Svasti Milk and Alive India YouTube channels.
Over 7 million impressions were recorded across digital platforms.

Speaking about the project, Supratiek Ghosh, lead singer of Aurko and founder of Alive India, said: "I am thrilled to partner with ITC Aashirvaad Svasti Milk, a brand I truly admire, to create a rooted song that celebrates the spirit of Chhath Puja."
"Using native instruments and rich vocals, we’ve crafted a hummable melody brought to life by Rekha Bhardwaj’s soulful voice," he said.
- Som Tales: Soma Bose’s podcast celebrates the power of storytelling and conversation
- Prabha Khaitan Foundation and WWF-India to celebrate the unsung guardians of India's forest and wildlife
- Vee Vault Capital invites first cohort of high-potential founders
- Sona College student Team Nexus AI designs an intelligent PLC programming assistant
- Ind.AI: Sovereignty, jobs, energy and the “What If?”
- Diabetes, muscle loss and the illusion of quick fixes: Why lifestyle correction—not shortcuts—remains our strongest medicine
- Kolkata: Rotary honours Padmashri 2026 awardee Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya
- Kolkata: Rotary Club of Calcutta Pointers, Indian Cancer Society host cancer awareness, screening camp
- ‘This Union budget is about building capacity, not chasing short-term consumption’
- AI will replace surgeons, coders — and billions of jobs, warns Sraddhalu Ranade at MCHD-SKC Memorial Lecture
Lufthansa is expanding its winter flight schedule for 2026/27 with the launch of a new direct route by between its Munich hub and Rovaniemi, starting December 4, 2026.
Choosing a seat on a flight in India often comes at an extra cost, especially for window, aisle, or front-row options. Over time, what was once a basic part of flying has turned into a revenue stream for airlines, leaving many passengers with limited free choices during web check-in.
Passengers on board an Air India flight to Vancouver experienced a near eight-hour “flight to nowhere” after the aircraft was forced to return to Delhi due to a regulatory oversight.
