teaching lineage · Pakhawaj
Kudau Singh pakhawaj lineage
A pakhawaj line remembered for sheer power, and still taught through the Dagar circle and Bundelkhand families.
At a glance
- Type
- teaching lineage
- Voice or instrument
- Pakhawaj
- Where it grew
- Bundelkhand, Datia, Madhya Pradesh
- Earliest documented figures
- Kudau Singh
- Musicians documented
- 1
Origins and development
Named after Kudau Singh, a nineteenth-century pakhawaj player of legendary strength and technique.
Musicians across generations
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.
- Kudau Singh19th centuryPakhawajNo page yet
The lineage's founding figure.
No teaching relationship was proposed for this musician, so no relationship check was run; biographical research is still outstanding.
Sources: Pakhavaj — Wikipedia · Kudau Singh | Pakhawaj - Learning & Research
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Researched entry · 1 musicians documented · Last reviewed 14 September 2026
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