Anika Tara and Shahana Dattagupta
Anika Tara and Shahana Dattagupta together represent the oral transmission of music-and-spirituality in the Vedic way. Here, the study of self, scripture, and music are inextricably intertwined, and the cultivation of Nada—sounded truth—happens via guidance in shared presence and lived embodiment.
As a second-generation Indian American, Anika was raised and apprenticed in this vein with Shahana since the age of 8. Now, as a young adult, she carries this essence into her singing, songwriting, modeling, content creation, yoga training, and even her archival research at the UW.
Shahana was born in America and raised in India, and was cultivated in Indian classical music in Carnatic, Khayal and Dhrupad forms, starting at the young age of 3. She has been guiding, facilitating, creating and composing in the Seattle area for the last 26 years. She expresses herself as a multi-faceted artist—in writing, theater, design, painting and music—and is also a life/spiritual guide to many around the world.
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