Nirgun Music
One Voice. One Guitar.
One Hour.
An hour of Kabir with Nandakumar Nayar—the poems of the Nameless, sung plainly on a single guitar.
KIRTANS · BHAJANS · CHANTS
01 — 04
The idea
Nirgun means “without form.” These are quiet, meditative performances—poems of the Nameless offered plainly, one voice and one guitar. Music to listen to and sit with.
Nirgun bhakti sings of the Divine beyond name and form. Kabir, Bulleh Shah, and Nanak kept pointing to that place where form dissolves, name dissolves, and only presence remains.
Each verse is given room to breathe and settle into stillness. This is a listening practice rather than a program to sing along to—unhurried, intimate, and direct.
Listen
Hear it
as it happens.
One voice, one guitar, recorded live. What you hear here is what you’ll hear in your room.
Mat Karo Maya Ko AhankarKabir
Don’t be proud of maya. None of it lasts.
Moko Kahan Dhoondhe Re BandeKabir
Why search far away for what is already within?
How It Began
From a mother’s ear and a brother’s guitar to the band Gurus, and back to music through Kabir.
More live clips onInstagram ↗YouTube ↗
The live offering
An evening
in your home.
An intimate performance of Kabir for homes, retreats, satsangs, and small halls, arranged privately for audiences of fifty or fewer.
Invite Nandakumar ↗
Behind Nirgun
Nandakumar
Nayar.
Nandakumar came to this music by a long road—years of Vipassana, then shaktipath from Sri Amritananda Natha of Devipuram. Music ran alongside it all: Carnatic as a child, then the guitar. A composer, singer, arranger, and music educator, he now sets the poems of the Nameless to unhurried melodies that let each verse breathe and settle into stillness.
“Whether you sit in silence or sing to the Goddess or to Shiva, the moment of arrival is the same—only presence remains.”
The Nirgun mark
Seen this
somewhere?
This is the mark you may see on our stickers and publicity. If it brought you here, welcome—the music, listening links, and booking details are all on this page.
Listen now ↓Stay close
Let the next song
find you.
Private performances are available for homes, small halls, retreats, and satsangs—for audiences of fifty or fewer, with light sound reinforcement provided.