The Lucknow Gharānā, also known as "Purab Gharâna" for tabla, is a discipleship tradition ("gharana") with a tabla legacy and Kathak legacy. These two traditions are known for being one of the six major gharanas of tabla and three gharanas of kathak.
Exponents
Kathak Durga Prasad Mishra (c. 1800–1880), father and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra. Thakur Prasad Misha (c. 1800–1880), uncle and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra. Bindadin Maharaj (1830–1918), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra. Kalka Prasad Mishra (1842–1913), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra. Acchan Maharaj (1883–1960), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra. Lacchu Maharaj (1901–1978), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra. Shambhu Maharaj (1910–1970), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra. Birju Maharaj (1938–2022), foremost kathak performer of the 20th Century. Son and disciple of Acchan Maharaj. Also learned from uncles Lacchu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj. Jai Kishan Maharj Son and disciple of Birju Maharaj. Ram Mohan Maharaj Son and disciple of Shambhu Maharaj, Also learned from Brother Pt. Birju Maharaj. Saswati Sen (b. 1953) senior disciple of Birju Maharaj
Tabla
Miyan Bakshu Mia Salari khan Ustad Babu Kha Ustad Chotten Khan Nogendra nath Bose
Manmathanath Ganguly Acharya Pt. Hirendra Kumar Ganguli (Hiru Babu) Tapas Kumar Ganguli son of Acharya Hirendra Kumar Ganguli Abid Hussain khan Jahangir Khan Biru Mishra (disciple of ustad abid Hussain Khan also learnt beneras gharana) Wajid Hussain Khan Afaq Hussain Khan Ilmas Hussain Khan Santosh Krishna Biswas Kanai Dutta Disciple of Hemant Bhattacharya who is the disciple of Pt. Manmanath Ganguly, disciple of Ustad Babu Khan of Lucknow Gharana. Swapan Chaudhuri (b. 1945), disciple of Santosh Krishna Biswas. S. R. Chishti (b. 1965), disciple of Afaq Hussain Khan.Chishti, S. R. (2013). Table Mein Das Anko Ka Mahetva (Hindi). New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, Distributors. .Chishti, S. R. (2014). Bhartiye Talon Mein Theke Ke Vibhinn Sworoop (Hindi). New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, Distributors. . Ustad Julfikar Hussain disciple of Khalifa Ustad Afaq Hussain khan. Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharya Hemanta Bhattacharya Bhibhuti Bhusan Bhattacharya (disciple of Hemanta Bhattacharya) Pandit Ashok Maitra Sri Ujjal Roy Sri Shubhrangshu Das Debasish Talukdar disciple of Ustad Julfikar Hussain (Lucknow Gharana) also learnt beneras gharana Dr.Manoj Kumar Mishra
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