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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.
- 27 to 30 December
- 1875 – present
- Baba Harballabh
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 .
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One of the earliest modern music festivals focusing on Hindustani classical music was the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, founded in 1875 in Jallandhar. Dover Lane Music Conference notably debuted in 1952 in Kolkata and Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival in 1953 in Pune , while festivals such as the ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan appeared in the early 1970s.
Dec 24, 2023 · A fakir, Baba Harballabh, lived there; he was passionate about classical music and would sing hymns. How a music festival in his name came into being is linked with the Mutiny of 1857.
Feb 22, 2017 · The Harballabh festival of classical music at Jalandhar in East Punjab is renowned in the world of Hindustani music as that rare site where all the ‘greats’ of Hindustani music first performed, prior to attaining international acclaim.
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.
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.
