Banarasis enjoy full moon night with soulful music

A full moon night, accompanied by some soulful music, proved to be a perfect evening for music lovers in the city. A musical sitting was recently hosted by eminent artist Madan Lal on Guru Poornima, at an art gallery, that was well-attended by people from different walks of life.

(L)

Prof Pradosh Mishra

(C)

Prof Manjula Chaturvedi

(R) Harshita (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)
After a warm welcome by the host, the musical session began. Vocalist

Aditya Khandwe

of the Gwalior gharana rendered some raag-based compositions. He began with a bandish, Badarawa Ayo Re. This was followed by a bandish in raag Miyan Malhar Ghan Barse Ath Dhuadhar. Giving a perfect accompaniment to the vocalist were Shrutisheel Uddhav on tabla and Jamuna Ballabhdas Gujarati on Harmonium.

(L) Shalu Singh (R) Vedshree and Minakshi (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)
"This musical sitting is in the series of such sessions which we intend to hold during full moon night on the banks of River Ganga," says Madan Lal.

(L) Aditya Khandwe (R) Shashwat (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)

(L) Sunil K Vishwakarma (R)

Suresh K Nair

(BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)

(L) Uday Bajpayee and Prof RK Shukla (R) Vandana (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)

(L) Vipin Singh (R) Anand (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)

(L) Bharati (R) Amit (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)

(L) Anupam (R) Arvind Singh (BCCL/ Arvind Kumar)