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

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 ...

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

Similarly, the shehnai, a reed instrument played in Indian weddings and religious ceremonies, finds a parallel in the zurna of Turkey and the Middle East. Both instruments have a piercing ...

Wearing any kind of attire is their choice, but bringing musical instruments into the Assembly is completely unacceptable, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...