A doyen of the Gwalior Gharana, Pandit Sharatchandra Arolkar was born in 1912 in Karachi. Even as a youngster, Panditji, showed a passion for music, which asserted itself in many ways. He tried his hand skillfully at the harmonium and the tabla, and seldom missed an opportunity to attend music concerts. The recordings of Rahimat Khan, the great mystic-musician, once made a profound impact on him and much against the will of his elders, young Sharad sought musical guidance from Pandit Laxmanrao Bodas, a local vocalist and disciple of Pandit Vishnu Digambar.

The Santoor

Pandit Kashinath Bodas (4 December 1935 - 20 July 1995) was a rare combination of superb performing vocalist, composer, and a devoted teacher of the art of Hindustani classical music.

Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao (Vijaya Raghava Rao) (3 November 1925 - 30 November 2011) was an Indian flutist, composer, choreographer, musicologist, poet and fiction writer.

He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 1970, and in 1982 the Sangeet Natak Akademi in Creative and Experimental music category, the highest for performing artist conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Gopi Basant
Thaat: Asavari
Jati: Chhadav-Chhadav (6/6)
Vadi: S
Samvadi: P
Vikrit: G,D & N Komal
Virjit: R both ways
Aroh: S g m P d n S*
Avroh: S* n d P m g S
Time: Morning

यह एक बहुत ही मीठा राग है। इस राग में राग मालकौन्स की झलक दिखाई देती है, पर पंचम का उपयोग करने से यह राग मालकौन्स से अलग दिखाई देता है। आरोह में पंचम का उपयोग कम किया जाता है। यह स्वर संगतियाँ राग गोपिका बसंत का रूप दर्शाती हैं -