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Baba Harballabh. 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.
- 27 to 30 December
- 1875 – present
- Baba Harballabh
In 1975, the duo went to Jalandhar to perform at the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan but was not allowed to sing because their appearance did not pass muster. Disappointed, they decided to make a musical offering at the Harballabh temple, where an executive of All India Radio, Jalandhar, spotted them and recorded their first song.
- Pyarelal Wadali
- 1975 - present
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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.
Feb 22, 2017 · The late Dr. Joginder Singh Bawra (1936–2003), born in Montgomery district of west Punjab (now Pakistan) was a remarkable combination of musician, musicologist, teacher and in his later years, public relations expert for the Shree Baba Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan Mahasabha. Both his books provide us with a wonderfully comprehensive picture of ...
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 some ...
Feb 26, 2022 · What were the challenges faced by these traditions in the past, and now from COVID-19? The 146th Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan was held minus the Annual Sangeet Sammelan. Also, instead of the pandal, the venue was indoors — Baba Harivallabh Bhawan — and attended by few hundred music lovers every day. This was compensated by online viewership.
The Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan is now 146 years old. Few music festivals can claim to represent the changes in India over the twentieth century as accurately as this one festival, which began in 1875 as a musical tribute to a saint complete with a yagna and havan. The celebration can still be seen in Devi Talab in the last week of December ...
