MUSICIAN Sting, Material girl Madonna and Hollywood star Halle Berry - all of them swear by it.

It is not just a stress buster, but a way of life. 

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam have endorsed it ages ago, for peace of mind.

It's chanting - a type of meditation, where you repeat a word or a name in the rhythmic breathing pattern.

Why do we mention it now?

Because going for 'chanting sessions' is fast becoming a key phrase in the busy young urban Indian's vocabulary.

With 'inner peace' becoming a valued possession, chanting sessions are the new hang-outs for the stressed and the beauty conscious.

What made chanting back in vogue and so popular? We tried to decode the phenomenon.