Shobha gurtur, 1925-2005. Foughter of minakshi shirodker, A distinguished singer and dancer, trained in Jaipur atrauli gharana, Shobha grutu was trained by Natthan khan. Her father-in-law Narayana nath Gurtu perfected her urdu wording and singing Gazals. Awardee Sangeeta-Nataka academy and Padmashree | |
| Pakhwaj, on e of the earliest percussion instruments
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Temple percussion instrument played for auspicious songs
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| Shaila Savur. Born 1935. Savur Shila dinakar disciple of Mohan chikkaramanne, S.C.R. bhat and dinakar kaikini. Sageet visharad of bharatiya vidya bhavan. Mumbai received tanpura as gift from president of India for topping the list. |
Chitra Visweswaran Distinguished Bharatanatyam dancer | |
| Krishna obstructing path of Gopies. Reproduction Painting of shubha rai
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Participants in "Swarasadhanotsav" Bombay
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| Sarangi fest. In Bhopal Late Abdul latif khan of Bhopal. An outstanding sarangi player at sarangi sammelan. 1993, with Ramanarayan Mohan Nadkarni |
Gopis complaining to yashodha about the mischief's of Krishna and Balarama. Reproduction of Shobha rai's paintings
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| Suman Kalyanpur
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Somanath Maradur Maradur is a disciple of Basavaraj Rajaguru in Hindustani classical vocal music | |
| Ustad Faiyaz Khan Distinguished Hindustani classical vocalist, court of Maharaja, Mysore |
Vocalist Siddheshwari Devi (1903-1977) One of the four pillar of Tumri and Khayal, she learnt from her aunt Rajeshwari Devi, whose royal patron was Shayajji Rao Gaikwad, the Maharaja of Baroda. | |
| Bhim sen Joshi at a concert
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Basavaraj bendigeri. Distinguished tabala player of Dharwad to accompanied Mallikarjun mansur | |
| Naushad Ali with Anita Sen, Sushilarani Baburao Patel Bombay, circa 1994-1996 |
Jitendra Abhisheki. During his schooling and even later he learnt from all the stalwarts from the three main Gharanas Jaipur (Ratnakant Ramnathkar),Gwalior Jagannathbua Purohit, C>R>Vyas) and Agra (Vilayat Hussain, Azmat Hussain) and formed his own Gayaki. | |
| Ashok Bhajpai of Bharat bhawan bhopal. extreme right is Ashoka Bhajpai. |
Hindustani Classical Vocalist Vilayat Hussain Khan Related to Fayyaz Khan of Baroda, his son Younus Khan was also a great singer. | |
| Jitendra Abhisheki. He was a respected Teacher of the 20th century and Raja Kale, Prabhakakar Karekar, Shounak Abhisheki and scores of Youngsters like Devaki Pandit were trained by him. |
Pannalal Ghosh In performance at the first Mumbai Tajya sageet-Mritya Mahotsava in Mumbai in 1956. Accompanying him is V.G. Karnad (on his right) and Nikhil Ghosh, his eminent younger brother on the tabla (to his extreme left) | |
| Shirali Vishudas mangesh. 1907-1984 Vocal,orchestral and light music Artist.Born in a family of Keertankar, he was interested to the care of legendary musicians Vishunu Digambar Paluskar at 12. later he learned from allauddin khan and joined uday shankar's troop.He toured all over the world |
The Nagara and Choughada Drums The Nagara, temple percussion instrument | |
| Bhim sen Joshi at a Concert
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Gopika vastrapaharara, Reproduction of Shobha rai's painting
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| The Jal tarang instrument.
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Bhimsen Joshi (on left) with India Gandhi Bombay, Circa 1960 | |
| Artist meeting from left. Ashok bhajpai. Mohan nadkarni, Kumar gandharva, nowshad, mani kaul, Jappar patel and other Sarka, 1986 |
Vishnu das magesh shirali, 1907-1984 At a young age he studied under starwards. Like D.V. Paluskar, with Omkar nath thakoor and narayan rao vyas, the recipient of Sangeet nataka academy award. He was director of Music for udaya shankara's filmic dance extravaganza "Kalpana". | |
| Sawai Gandharva (Rambhavu Kundugolker) (1886-1952)
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Dr. Pandit Mallikarjun in his 20's. Greatest exponent of Jaipur, Atroli gharana. Dr. Mansur was known for his versatility. He is known for rendering rare raga's. which he learnt from his gurus Alladiya khan, and guruji khan.His range from raga's to vacana's, he is astounding. | |
| Rudra been. Hindustani version of South-Indian veena |
Saiduddin dagger of dagger parampara. he is specialized in Daggar parampara of Drupad singing. He is the 19th generation exponent of drupad singing right from tansen, based in Pune, he is also on the faculty of Dhrupad academy Bhopal. | |
| Group of ghana instruments
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Jitendra Abhisheki He was extremely innovative as was proved by his konkani compositions which unfortunately are lost to posterity! He composed music to not less than 12 Marathi plays and is considered as the savior of modern Marathi Musical Theatre. | |
| Bhimsen Joshi at Concert Joshi at the release of his biography Bhimsen Joshi -- The Man and His Music, 1983 |
Swara mandal, The Instrument
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| Veena, The Instrument
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Dholak
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| Dholaki
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Nadkarni family, Devdat, Manmohan, and Sunochana
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| Krishna kalle, Light classical and Bhajan singer of repute |
Jitendra abhishek with Mohan nadkarni
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| Devdatta, Jitendra, Mohan, and Sulochana
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The late sarala bhide, in 1994 A brilliant light cut-short. Disciple of Shobha gurutu, kumara gandharwa, and narayana daata was caught in an accident and her promising feature came to an end | |
| Bhimsen joshi Addressing a Gathering
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Nagaswara, veena, Triputavadya, Musical instruments on show | |
| Chandra shekara kuranik mat, Hindustani classical Vocal
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The Sitar
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