Inside the app
Every screen has one job: get someone from "I'm thinking of a raaga or taal" to the right lyrics in a couple of taps.
By raaga, taal, tempo, or the bandish's own lyrics — useful when you only half-remember a line.
Every raaga listed alphabetically with colour-coded initials for quick scanning.
Same alphabetical pattern applied to rhythm, from Ada Chau Taal to Chau Taal.
Raag, taal and bandish type (Bada Khayal, Chota Khayal, Bandish Ki Thumri) shown right on the result card.
Full lyrics with adjustable font size (A−/A+), plus one-tap sharing to a teacher or group.
A Learn Classical Music section, plus direct feedback and rating channels.
How it's built
Bandishein is a good example of our search & indexing work applied to a genuinely niche dataset.
Built natively in Java for Android, Bandishein runs on a pre-populated, indexed database covering 500+ bandishes across 386 raagas and 40 taals — searchable by raaga, taal, tempo or lyric text without a network round-trip. Monetized with AdMob, and built to support Play Console's Data Safety and deletion-request requirements from day one.
Bandishein is live on Google Play — or get in touch if you're building something similarly niche.
