New Delhi, When Bismillah Khan played Raag Kafi at the Red Fort on August 15, 1947, it was a momentous breakthrough for the ...

VARANASI: The stairs are crumbling to dust, the walls ravaged by the passage of time and just beyond flows the Ganga as if in ...

A representative of the Banaras gharana, he will be remembered for his clarity and sweetness in tone and as a generous, ...

Varanasi: The stairs are crumbling to dust, the walls ravaged by the passage of time and just beyond flows the Ganga as if in ...

Kuzhal is a double-reed instrument used in the temples of Kerala. It is supposed to have a shrill sound and is often compared to a nadaswaram. It looks like a shehnai and so a lot of people have ...

Bismillah Khan, the legendary shehnai maestro, played a key role in popularizing the instrument globally. A symbol of India's syncretic culture, he was admired for his devotion to music and spirit of ...

Similarly, the shehnai, a reed instrument played in Indian weddings and religious ceremonies, finds a parallel in the zurna ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday paid tribute to shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan on his 109th birth anniversary. In a post on X, Adityanath said, “Famous ...

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday paid tribute to shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan on his 109th birth anniversary. In a post on X, the CM said, "Famous shehnai ...

the humble reed instrument associated with all things auspicious in Indian tradition went from being an ‘accompaniment’ to the global centrestage. Khan was the virtuoso, the sultan of shehnai ...