COVID warriors (L) and Ilaiyaraaja (R) (Photos | EPS) 
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Maestro Ilaiyaraaja pays tribute to COVID-19 warriors, releases song sung by SPB

The song was penned by the composer himself and has prodigy Lydian Nadhaswaram, Amirthavarshini on the instruments among others.

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Music composer Maestro Ilaiyaraaja on Saturday released a song titled 'Bharath Bhoomi' as a tribute to COVID warriors who are fighting against the ongoing pandemic crisis.

The song has been released in both Hindi and Tamil.

Legendary singer SP Balasubramaniam has voiced the Tamil version of the song while the Hindi version has Shaan (Shantanu Mukherjee) behind the mic. 

The song penned by the composer himself has prodigy Lydian Nadhaswaram, Amirthavarshini on the instruments among others.

The release of the song comes at a time when India's COVID-19 cases is closer to the 1,75,000 mark and the battle against the virus is becoming tougher.

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