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Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan is the oldest festival of Hindustani Classical Music in the world, which is celebrated every year at the sacred seat of music, the samadhi of Baba Harballabh – a saint and an exponent of Hindustani Classical Music. The first Sammelan was held in 1875 at the Sidh Peeth-Shri Devi Talab, in Jalandhar.
Swami Harballabh was a Hindustani classical vocalist and a saint. [1] In 1875, he established the first Hindustani classical music festival in the world, known as Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan. [2] He was born to an affluent family at a village in Bajwara. He was a student of Swami Tulja Gir, who encouraged him to practice art and music.
The Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan is the world's oldest Hindustani Classical Music Festival. Held at the Devi Talab Mandir in Jalandhar, Punjab, it has been the place many of the world-renowned classical musicians of today performed their first concerts as students.
May 6, 2023 · It hosts India’s oldest classical music festival, the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, and is home to at least two gharanas of vocal music and one of percussive music. It is the birthplace of...
Feb 26, 2022 · The Harballabh aka Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan was declared ‘Oldest Music Festival of India’ by Limca Book of Records in National Record – 2013. The Government of India has recognised it as a National Festival. The Sammelan is organised annually by Baba Harballabh Sangeet Mahasabha.
May 10, 2023 · Dates : 24/12/2023 - 26/12/2023. Location : Punjab. The Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan at Devi Talab in Jalandhar is actually a music concert that would complete a good old period of 131 years on December 2006. It has been recognized by the Government as the National Festival for Music.
Feb 19, 2019 · The Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan is now 142 years old. Few music events can claim to reflect the changes in India through the 20th century the way this one festival — which began as a musical tribute to a saint in 1875, complete with a yagna and havan — can.
