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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.
- 27 to 30 December
- 1875 – present
- Baba Harballabh
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.
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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.
29 stories. Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan. 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 some ...
Source: Wikimedia Commons. The Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan is the world's oldest Hindustani Classical Music Festival, held each year in the holy seat of music, Baba Harballabh's samadhi — a saint and proponent of Hindustani Classical Music. The inaugural Sammelan was conducted in Jalandhar in 1875 at the Sidh Peeth-Shri Devi Talab.
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.
