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Maihar

Gharana

Maihar, Madhya Pradesh

Hindustani Sitar

Founder

Ustad Allauddin Khan

Characteristics

  • ●Disciplined, structured approach influenced by dhrupad and been
  • ●Emphasis on alap-jod-jhala development
  • ●Powerful mandra saptak (lower octave) work
  • ●Integrates orchestral thinking with classical forms
  • ●Globally recognized through Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan

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Who taught whom

  1. Earliest in our records

    • Allauddin KhanSarod
    • Alok Lahiri
    • Ajoy Sinha Roy
    • Annapurna Devi
    • Dipanjan Guha
    • Kartick Kumar
    • Monoj Shankar
    • Rabi Chakraborty
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    • Rabin Ghosh

  2. Their students

    • Ali Akbar KhanSarod · of Allauddin Khan
    • Pannalal GhoshFlute · of Allauddin Khan
    • Ravi Shankarof Allauddin Khan
    • Vasant RaiSarod · of Allauddin Khan
    • Abhisek Lahiri(living artist)Sarod · of Alok Lahiri
    • Souryadeep Bhattacharyya(living artist)Sarod · of Alok Lahiri
    • Kushal Das(living artist)of Ajoy Sinha Roy
    • Hariprasad Chaurasia(living artist)Bansuri · of Annapurna Devi
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    • Kanjonavo Sabud(living artist)of Dipanjan Guha
    • Niladri Kumar(living artist)of Kartick Kumar
    • Partha Bose(living artist)of Monoj Shankar
    • Rajeeb Chakraborty(living artist)Sarod · of Rabi Chakraborty
    • Apratim Majumdar(living artist)Sarod · of Rabin Ghosh

  3. Next generation

    • Aashish KhanSarod · of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Alam Khan(living artist)Sarod · of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Arjun Verma(living artist)of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Ashok RoySarod · of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Josh Feinberg(living artist)of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Manik Khan(living artist)Sarod · of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Purbayan Chatterjee(living artist)of Ali Akbar Khan
    • Raghunath SethBansuri · of Pannalal Ghosh
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    • Anoushka Shankar(living artist)of Ravi Shankar
    • Ronu Majumdar(living artist)Bansuri · of Ravi Shankar
    • Tarun Bhattacharya(living artist)Santoor · of Ravi Shankar
    • Abhishek Mukherjee(living artist)of Kushal Das
    • Deepak Ram(living artist)Bansuri · of Hariprasad Chaurasia
    • Rakesh Chaurasia(living artist)Bansuri · of Hariprasad Chaurasia
    • Suchismita Chatterjee(living artist)Bansuri · of Hariprasad Chaurasia
    • Pratik Shrivastava(living artist)Sarod · of Rajeeb Chakraborty

  4. Generation 4

    • Anupam Shobhakar(living artist)Guitar · of Aashish Khan
    • Adrian McNeil(living artist)Sarod · of Ashok Roy
    • Soumyajyoti Ghosh(living artist)Bansuri · of Ronu Majumdar
    • Sandip Chatterjee(living artist)Santoor · of Tarun Bhattacharya

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Arjun Verma

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Pratik Shrivastava

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Vasant Rai

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Rakesh Chaurasia

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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

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Bansuri

Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty

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Tarun Bhattacharya

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Pandit Raghunath Seth

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