The Lucknow Gharānā, also known as "Purab Gharâna" for tabla, is a discipleship tradition ("
gharana
In Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), a ''gharānā'' is a system of social organisation in the Indian subcontinent, linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and more importantly by adherence to a particular musi ...
") with a
tabla
A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...
legacy and
Kathak
''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...
legacy. These two traditions are known for being one of the six major gharanas of tabla and three gharanas of kathak.
Exponents
Kathak
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Durga Prasad Mishra (c. 1800–1880), father and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra.
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Thakur Prasad Misha (c. 1800–1880), uncle and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra.
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Bindadin Maharaj (1830–1918), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra.
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Kalka Prasad Mishra (1842–1913), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra.
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Acchan Maharaj (1883–1960), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
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Lacchu Maharaj (1901–1978), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
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Shambhu Maharaj
Pandit Shambhu Maharaj (1910 – 4 November 1970) was a Guru of the Lucknow ''Gharana'' (school) of the Indian classical dance form, Kathak..Padma Shree Award -1958
Sangeet Natak Academic Award -1967
Early life and training
Shambhu Maharaj was ...
(1910–1970), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
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Birju Maharaj
Pandit Birju Maharaj (born Brijmohan Nath Mishra; 4 February 1938 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian dancer, composer, singer, and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant of the Maharaj fa ...
(1938–2022), foremost kathak performer of the 20th Century. Son and disciple of Acchan Maharaj. Also learned from uncles Lacchu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj.
Tabla
* Miyan Bakshu
*Mia Salari khan
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Ustad Babu Kha
*Ustad Chotten Khan
*Nogendra nath Bose
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Manmathanath Ganguly
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Acharya Pt. Hirendra Kumar Ganguli (Hiru Babu)
* Tapas Kumar Ganguli son of Acharya Hirendra Kumar Ganguli
* Abid Hussain khan
* Jahangir Khan
* Biru Mishra (disciple of ustad abid Hussain Khan also learnt beneras gharana)
* Wajid Hussain Khan
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Afaq Hussain Khan
* Ilmas Hussain Khan
* Santosh Krishna Biswas
* Kanai Dutta Disciple of Hemant Bhattacharya who is the disciple of Pt. Manmanath Ganguly, disciple of Ustad Babu Khan of Lucknow Gharana.
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Swapan Chaudhuri
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (born 30 March 1945), is an Indian tabla player. He has accompanied several musicians of Indian classical music, including, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jas ...
(b. 1945), disciple of Santosh Krishna Biswas.
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S. R. Chishti (b. 1965), disciple of Afaq Hussain Khan.
[Chishti, S. R. (2014). Bhartiye Talon Mein Theke Ke Vibhinn Sworoop (Hindi). New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, Distributors. .]
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Ustad Julfikar Hussain disciple of Khalifa Ustad Afaq Hussain khan.
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Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharya
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Hemanta Bhattacharya
* Bhibhuti Bhusan Bhattacharya (disciple of Hemanta Bhattacharya)
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Pandit Ashok Maitra
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Sri Ujjal Roy
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Sri Shubhrangshu Das
References
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Tabla gharanas
Culture of Lucknow