Kandara (musical group)

Kandara Band or Kandara is a musical group from Pokhara, Nepal. The band formed in 1994 and takes its name after the Nepalese word for "a gorge or a cave in the middle of remote hills or mountains".

Kandara
OriginPokhara, Nepal
GenresFolk pop, Melo Rock, contemporary Nepali
Years active1993 (1993)–present
Members
  • Bivek Shrestha
  • Sunil Thapa
  • Team Leader - Ashish Parajuli
  • Dev Lama
  • Hari Maharjan
  • Sundar Maharjan
  • Pankaj Jha
Past members
  • Buddharaj Bajracharya
  • Amit Gurung
  • Ashim Sherchan
  • Anil Gurung
  • Avinash Gayak
  • Bijay Gurung
Websitekandaraband.com

Kandara is best known for helping to establish the folk-pop genre within the Nepalese music industry. With its distinctive melodies, simple, folk-based lyrics, and soulful vocal performance, the band has produced several songs such as: "Leka ki hey Maya," "Hongkong Pokhara," "Tagaroma rumal Rakhi," "Timi pari tyo Gauma," "Bideshiyera gaien Uni," and "Chanchale kanchhiko joban." The band is known for creating new lyrics for existing popular songs, emphasizing themes of nationalism, human misery, love, and nature. Kandara was among the first in the industry to collaborate with famous Nepalese poets and lyricists such as Sarubhakta Shrestha, Binod Gauchan and Ramesh Shrestha to write lyrics - a practice which has now become popular within the Nepalese music industry.

In 2016, Kandara made a comeback with the release of a new album featuring the popular song, "Bhedi Gothaima".

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