lachhu maharaj

Google honoured noted tabla maestro lachhu maharaj on his 74th birth anniversary by dedicating a doodle to the musician.

Lakshmi Narayan Singh, better known to music lovers as lachhu maharaj, was among the foremost exponents of the tabla.

Lucknowites were treated to a double bonanza of dance at the birth centenary celebrations of Late Pt lachhu maharaj.

Kathak, originating from temple courtyards, flourished in the Lucknow courts under Nawabi patronage, evolving into a dance form celebrated for grace and emotive storytelling. The Lucknow Kathak Gharana, tracing its roots to Handia, was shaped by luminaries like Kalka Prasad, Bindadin Maharaj, and later, Pandit Birju Maharaj, who globalized the art form.

In honour of their dance teachers, 35 dancers of Layshaya Lalit Kala Samiti organized a dance drama programme at Anand Mohan Mathur auditorium of the city on Sunday.

India's leading Kathak exponent and Padma Vibhushan awardee, Pt Birju Maharaj, passed away early Monday after suffering a heart attack. The 83-year-old doyen, who was the torchbearer of the Kalka-Bindadin gharana of the Lucknow style of Kathak, breathed his last at New Delhi's Saket Hospital.

Students of Avadh Girls Degree College (AGDC) celebrated 74th Founder's Day with various classical dance performances on Saturday.

The Sanatkada Lucknow Festival is an annual event that celebrates the city's rich cultural heritage.

The house in which founder of Kathak Kendra of UP and winner President’s award Pandit Lachchhu Maharaj was born lies in a state of shocking neglect.

‘Katrina ko naachna nahi, hilna aata hai...’says Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj in an interview with TOI

Foreign dance forms influence Indian youths, but for a temporary period. They are in no way a challenge to our classical dance forms and are like fast food, Birju Maharaj, the 75-year-old exponent of Kathak dance, said here on Sunday.

The performers who have kept the culture of the nation alive should be given pension, demanded renowned Kathak dancer Brijmohan Nath Mishra, popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj.

Though officials said there is no threat to Kalka Bindadin Maharaj ki Deohri of Lucknow’s kathak gharana due to land subsidence in the area following illegal digging in an under-construction site, locals claimed that heritage structure might get harmed in case of heavy rainfall because cracks have developed in adjoining houses.

PATNA: Happy days are here again for the music buffs in the city, it seems. If state culture minister Ashok Singh's Rs 45-lakh mega show materialises, the musical soirees of the 1970s will be back in the city.

About 20 residents of three houses had to be evacuated after a portion of land caved in on the Gwynne Road near Kathak Museum in Golaganj on Wednesday morning. District officials said unauthorised digging for construction at an apartment led to flooding and subsequent cave-in on the road amid heavy rains.

It was an evening that witnessed the beautiful dance form of Kathak by Guru Rachna Sarang’s group in Mumbai.

August 5, 1960… All roads lead to Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir where K Asif is unveiling his magnum opus,' Mughal-e-Azam'.

Patna is gearing up to revive its golden era of Durga Puja celebrations with the Durga Swarotsav 2025, a three-day festival of Indian classical music and dance starting Sept 26.

In his Bollywood chronicles, Saadat Hasan Manto describes Sitara Devi as “not a woman but a typhoon which did not blow in and out as typhoons do, but which retained its force and fury without showing any signs of weakening”.

Pakistani dramatist Imtiaz Ali Taj’s play, Anarkali, written in Lahore in 1922, couldn’t have packed any more melodrama into his plot about the defiant, doomed love between a prince and a courtesan. It had a small drop of history and large dollops of imagination. Most historians, in fact, believe that Anarkali was Akbar’s Persian concubine who may or may not have been eyed by Salim/Jahangir.

One of the worst-kept secrets of the tight-knit Indian classical arts circles is the predatory behaviour a lot of women artistes have to deal with — and it comes not just from all-powerful gurus but also from other men who wield influence, such as the accompanists and organisers.

The city of Lucknow has undergone significant changes in the past 40 years. The newspaper industry has transitioned from manual composition to new printing technologies, resulting in job losses for compositors and calligraphers. Traditional practices such as letter writing and telegram services have been replaced by modern means of communication. The city's architecture has also seen changes, with newer constructions lacking the Awadhi touch. Entertainment options have evolved, with the disappearance of circuses and exhibitions. The city has also lost prominent figures from its cultural and political landscape. Despite these changes, Lucknow continues to retain its presence in Parliament and its literary tradition, although it has declined in recent years.