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1875 – present. Founded by. 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.
- 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.
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
Some of her major performances include Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune, Maharashtra in 2006 and 2022, Darbar Festival in United Kingdom in 2008, Saptak Annual Festival of Music in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2010, Vishnu Digambar Jayanti Samaroh in New Delhi in 2010 and 2018, Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar, Punjab in 2012 and 2019 ...
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.
