Among the newly certified items are the Banarasi Shehnai, the iconic Banarasi Tabla ... It gained global recognition through the legendary Ustad Bismillah Khan, whose soulful performances brought ...

Khan was the virtuoso, the sultan of shehnai credited with giving it classical primacy and worldwide recognition. Has that moment for the shehnai passed? Has the Bismillah Khan legacy dwindled?

It was here that a young Bismillah Khan practiced for hours, from 4am till the sun came up and again in the afternoon till it went down. The strains of his shehnai have long faded away from the ...

It was here that a young Bismillah Khan practiced for hours—from 4 am till the sun came up and again in the afternoon till it went down. The strains of his shehnai have long faded away from the ...

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 ...

Buxar: Several artists will perform at the Ustad Bismillah Khan Mahotsav to be organised on the birth anniversary of the shehnai maestro at Raj High School ground, Dumraon, on Friday. The district ...

Khan was the virtuoso, the sultan of shehnai credited with giving it classical primacy and worldwide recognition.

Bismillah Khanwas the classical musician who famously heralded India’s independence on August 15, 1947 by playing Raag Kafi from the ramparts of the Red Fort ahead of Jawaharlal Nehru’s ...