Darbhanga gharana (dhrupad)

Type

gharana

Voice or instrument

Dhrupad vocal

Where it grew

Darbhanga, Bihar

Earliest documented figures

Radhakrishna, Kartaram

Musicians documented

3

Traced to the brothers Radhakrishna and Kartaram, court musicians in the eighteenth century, and continued by the Mallik family.

Ordered oldest first, so the list reads down the generations: the earliest documented musicians of the tradition, then the players who carried it on, then those active today. The second view shows only the teacher-to-student links the archive can source.

• Ram Chatur Mallick1902–1990Dhrupad vocalNo page yet

  The best known Darbhanga dhrupad singer of the twentieth century.

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

  Sources: Ram Chatur Mallick — Wikipedia

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• Vidur Mallick1935–2002Dhrupad vocalNo page yet

  Teacher of the present Mallick generation and long resident in Vrindavan.

  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: Teacher - Dhrupad Music : Mallick Brothers · Pandit Dr. Samit Mallick (Dhrupad Vocalist)

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• Prem Kumar Mallickborn 1953Dhrupad vocalNo page yet

  Continues the family's dhrupad teaching and performance.

  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: Pandit Premkumar Mallick · Teacher - Dhrupad Music : Mallick Brothers

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