VARANASI: The stairs are crumbling to dust, the walls ravaged by the passage of time and just beyond flows the Ganga as if in eternal serenity. It was here that a young Bismillah Khan practiced for ...

Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan was born on March 21, 1913, in Dumraon, Bihar. This video will take you on a musical journey of the life that Shehnai maestro lived. Khan became the third ...

VARANASI, (IANS) – An application has been filed, seeking Geographical Indication (GI) certification tag for the shehnai, a musical instrument taken to its zenith by the renowned musician of Kashi, ...

With music that transcends the boundaries of space and time, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a global icon. And warmth and nostalgia filled the air as he recalled the contribution of another genius who made ...

Bismillah Khan, one of India’s most celebrated musicians and known for popularizing the shehnai woodwind instrument (aka the Indian oboe) — died Aug. 21 in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi of a heart ...

Houses of shehnai virtuoso, Ustad Bismillah Khan, legendary vocalist Girija Devi and vocalists Rajan-Sajan Mishra, and the house of several renowned musicians of Varanasi, will be on the map for world ...