Gharanas & musical lineages

A khayal style that leans on the words and on devotional feeling, best known today through the singing of Jasraj.

Type

gharana

Where it grew

Mewat region, Rajasthan and Haryana

Voice or instrument

Khayal vocal

Earliest documented figures

Ghagge Nazir Khan

Ghagge Nazir Khan is generally named as the founder; the gharana became widely known through the Mewati family of Hyderabad.

• Ghagge Nazir Khan19th centuryKhayal vocalNo page yet

  Named as the founder of the Mewati style.

  No teaching relationship was proposed for this musician, so no relationship check was run; biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Mewati gharana — Wikipedia · About Mewati Gharana

• Motiramdied 1934Khayal vocalNo page yet

  Court musician at Mewat and father of Maniram and Jasraj.

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Mewati gharana — Wikipedia · The Mewati Gharana – A World,s Heritage Of Native Music

• Maniram1910–1985Khayal vocalNo page yet

  Elder brother and first teacher of Jasraj.

  Taught by Motiram

  No continuous-text source was read for this musician in the research run, only search result listings, so both the teacher checks and the wider biography remain unchecked.

  Sources: Mysticamusic - Pt. Maniram

• Jasraj1930–2020Khayal vocal

  Made the Mewati style widely known and devised the Jasrangi duet form.

  Taught by Maniram

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Jasraj — Wikipedia · Pandit Jasraj

• Sanjeev Abhyankarborn 1969Khayal vocal

  A leading contemporary Mewati singer.

  Taught by Jasraj

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Sanjeev Abhyankar — Wikipedia