On October 10, Tejashree Ingawale uploaded a video on her Instagram account (@tejashree_ingawale), singing a song that her grandmother Bhagirathi Ingawale taught her. The lokgeet and bhaktigeet singer was overwhelmed by the public response — the video has racked up over 11,000 likes in less than a fortnight.

She recalls recording the video on a sudden whim, moved by her grandmother’s spirit. “Diwali was around the corner,” she says, “I was missing my grandmother. I took a break from Diwali cleaning, and just picked up the ektara and sang to feel close to her. I did not expect the response I received.”  The 37-year-old hails from the third generation of a lineage of bhakti singers, and had grown up with fakirs and sants coming over to sing and worship with her grandparents. Her great-grandfather was, in fact, taught by Jangli Maharaj, the 19th-century sage who lived in Pune, where he continues to draw a large following.