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Rajasthan Kabir Yatra
A travelling pilgrimage of song through rural Rajasthan · Kabir, Mira and the Sufi poets
Since 2012Works across the regionThar Desert
- pilgrimage
- yatra
- folk music
- Kabir
- Sufi poetry
- rural hosting
The Rajasthan Kabir Yatra is a travelling festival where pilgrims, folk musicians and village hosts spend several days moving between rural hamlets, sharing satsang, music and the poetry of Kabir, Mira Bai, Bulleh Shah and Shah Latif. Its 8th edition ran from 1 to 5 October 2025, from Bikaner to Katariasar, with more than 250 yatris. Local communities host it, and it puts money into folk artists' hands and the rural economy.
The yatra began in 2012 under the NGO Lokayan Sansthan and is now run by the Bikaner-based Malang Folk Foundation, founded by Gopal Singh Chouhan. It has reached over 100 villages in more than 14 districts. Its website says the yatra is pausing this year, inviting people to Jashn-e-Kabira in Pokhran in December, with a Gujarat Kabir Yatra planned next.