“Kumar Gandharva” is a poem written by Ananthamurthy in 1989 after watching the titular artist perform the poetry of Kabir at a private concert in Mysore (Hess viii).




Source:
Ananthamurthy, U. R. “Kumar Gandharva.” Singing Emptiness: Kumar Gandharva
Performs the Poetry of Kabir, by Linda Hess, Seagull Books, 2009, pp. 3–7.