8 PRAHAR is a project jointly initiated by Art and Artistes and Pancham Nishad. The event is scheduled to present performances from 6.30 a.m. on 11th November 2017 up to 3 a.m. of the next day with well-known artistes performing the Ragas of the respective 'Prahar'.The full-day event is split into eight prahars of two hours each featuring two artistes per prahar except the third prahar which will be a solo performance by Padma Vibhushan Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. This event is conceived by Durga Jasraj. Session 1: (Prahar 1 to 4) 6.30 am to 4 pm Prahar 1 : 6.30 am to 8.45 am Gundecha Brothers [Dhrupad Vocal] N.Rajam [Violin] Prahar 2: 9.15 am to 11.30 am Venkatesh Kumar [Vocal] Ronu Mujumdar [Flute] Prahar 3: 11.45 am to 1 pm Pandit Jasraj Prahar 4 : 1.45pm to 4 pm Sabir Khan [Sarangi] Devaki Pandit [Vocal] Session 2 (Prahar 5 to Prahar 8): 4.30 pm to 3 am Prahar 5 : 4.30 pm to 6.45 pm Sanjeev Abhyankar [Vocal] Rahul Sharma [Santoor] Prahar 6 : 7pm to 9.15 pm Uday Bhawalkar [Dhrupad Vocal] Rakesh Chaurasia [Flute] Prahar 7 : 10 pm to 12.15 am Jayateerth Mevundi [Vocal] Amaan & Ayaan Ali Khan [Sarod] Prahar 8: 12.30 am to 3 am Kaushiki Chakraborty [Vocal] Niladri Kumar [Sitar] This unique event is a humble attempt to bridge the gap that has been created between the perfect time to perform certain ragas and the opportunities to perform them at their proper time and to give music lovers the opportunity of listening to seldom-heard ragas as per the Prahar that they belong to.