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February 2022

BHIMSEN JOSHI

• 100th birth anniversary
• vocalists from ktk
• khayal form of singing - kirana gharana - hindustani classical music
• awarded sangeet natak akademi fellowship
• Bharat Ratna - 2009

Khyal or khayal

• persian word - imagination
• famous musician - amir khusrau

Kirana gharana

• birthplace of abdul kharim khan near kurukshetra
• founders: abdul karim khan and abdul wahid khan
• swara - used to create an emotional mood

CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

• 15th cen
• born in nabadwip (wb) in 1486
• worship lord krishna - ecstatic song and dance
• vedantic philosophy of ahintya bheda abdheda tattva
• founded gaudiya vaishnavism (brahma madhva gaudiya sampradaya)
• hare krishna maha mantra
• composed shikshashtakam 8 devotional prayers

June 2022

Nalanda Mahavihara

• by kumara gupta I in 5ht cen CE
• destroyed by bhakthiyar khilji in 1200 CE
• partly restored in 1400 CE
• 2016 - Unesco Sites in Bharat World Heritage Site recognition