SWARUPA ANANTH
MUMBAI.
TABLA ARTIST & PERCUSSIONIST. MUSIC PRODUCER.
TABLANAARI
Tabla artist and producer for over two decades mentored by Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain. She plays, produces, and directs her own live shows from a rhythm-first foundation, now stretched across contemporary production and an emerging spatial audio practice. Classical technique. Contemporary canvas.
New Release: Charkha
WOMEN WHO DRUM
Founder of India's premier all-women percussion ensemble - performing at Mahindra Percussion Festival 2026 and running a monthly artist series with Roland India.
PRESS
Swarupa Ananth on reclaiming rhythm - First Post
Ahead of her performance at the Mahindra Percussion Festival, the tabla virtuoso reflects on women in percussion, community Read More...
Rendezvous With Rhythm - The Hindu
India is a rhythmically diverse nation, where every region nurtures and practises its own percussive dialect. Read More...
Queen of her beats - Forbes India
Versatile percussionist Swarupa Ananth-Sawkar, 28, is a passionate live performer. And, so far, she has found the right rhythm. Read More...
Mahindra Percussion Festival 2026 Shows That Curation Is King
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Bickram Ghosh, Mahesh Kale, Women Who Drum and Praveen Sparsh brought folk drums, journeys through Indian music Read More...
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