An Archival photo of Legendary Hindustani Classical Musicians; Pandit Ravi Shankar in a concert with Pandit Kishan Maharaj on Tabla while Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (extreme right) following their performance keenly!
 

Classification of Indian Musical Instruments ••

The general term for musical instruments in India is 'Vadya' (वाद्य). There are predominantly 5 types of them. There is a traditional system for the classification of instruments. This system is based upon; non-membranous percussion (ghan), membranous percussion (avanaddh), wind blown (sushir), plucked string (tat), bowed string (vitat). Here are the classes and representative instruments.

The two most towering personalities of Indian Classical Music; Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar!
Two Frames; One Legendary Photo! 🙏🙏

Rasoolan Bai (1902 – 15 December 1974) was a leading Indian Hindustani classical music vocal musician. Belonging to the Benaras gharana, she specialized in the romantic Purab Ang of the Thumri musical genre and tappa.