Rakesh Yankaran
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Rakesh Yankaran, nicknamed "The Raja
" is an award-winning chutney
musician from Trinidad and Tobago
. He is the son of classical Indian musician Isaac Yankaran and brother of chutney musician Anand Yankaran.
Yankaran began his career in 1974, but first gained national acclaim in 1991 with Diyaa Moday Lay Lay. Other hits include Mousie and Dulahin Chale Sa Su Rai. He won the National Chutney Monarch competition in 1996, 1997, and 2008, and the National Traditional Chutney Monarch in 2008.
Raja
Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
" is an award-winning chutney
Chutney music
Chutney music is a form indigenous to the southern Caribbean, originating in Trinidad. It derives elements from traditional Indian music and popular Trinidadian Soca music.-History:...
musician from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
. He is the son of classical Indian musician Isaac Yankaran and brother of chutney musician Anand Yankaran.
Yankaran began his career in 1974, but first gained national acclaim in 1991 with Diyaa Moday Lay Lay. Other hits include Mousie and Dulahin Chale Sa Su Rai. He won the National Chutney Monarch competition in 1996, 1997, and 2008, and the National Traditional Chutney Monarch in 2008.