MUMBAI: The New Bombay Punjab Association, Vashi, the Punjabi Cultural and Welfare Association, CBD Belapur and Music Today organised a live concert by Punjabi popstar Hans Raj Hans on the occasion of the birth anniversary of 13th century Punjabi Sufi saint poet , Baba Farid Sheikh.
 
 
A full day's programme of two sessions was chalked out for the occasion. The morning session, a seminar on the life, philosophy and the works of this Sufi Darvesh at the CCRT Hall, CBD Belapur, was inaugurated by Maharashtra governor Mohammed Fazal. Several scholars from Punjab, Delhi and Chandigarh also presented their papers on this mystic.

The evening session was devoted to a cultural evening at Shanmukhananda Hall at King's Circle, Mumbai where Hans Raj Hans performed. Known for his Sufiana Kalam, Hans also took this opportunity to celebrate the success of his latest album, Tera Ishq, which has several songs composed by Uttam Singh and written by Sufi poets Baba Bullehshah, Shah Hussain, Waris Shah and Mian Mohammad Baqsh. Hans and composer Uttam Singh were also felicitated by famous music director Khayyam at the occasion.