Kirana Gharana

Founders: Nayak Dhondhu & Nayak Bhannu

Essential Features:Lineage includes beenkars and sarangi players.

Systematic elaboration and delineation of a raag.

Improvisation in the vilambit laya is a speciality. Slow spacious alaaps employing meendkari. Style renowned for its melody and sweetness.

The emphasis on sur has led to a rather subtle tempo and rhythmic pattern, both factors allowing for the sentiment and mood of the raag to be highlighted.

Sargam and taan patterns commonly employed. Influence of sarangi clearly discernable in the stylistic characteristics of certain exponents.

Famous Exponents

Ustad Bande Ali Khan	Ustad Abdul Karim Khan	Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan	Ustad Abdul Haq Khan
Ustad Bashir Khan	Pandit Sawai Gandharav	Pandit Sureshbabu Mane	Ustad Abdul Ghafoor Khan
Roshan Ara Begum	Hirabai Barodkar	Gangubai Hangal	Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Ustad Shakoor Khan	Ustad Niaz Ahmed Ustad Faiyyaz Ahmed	Pandit Behre Buwa	Ustad Hafizullah Khan
Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan	Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan	Arshad Ali Khan	Amjad Ali Khan

Sound Archive

Artiste	Raag	Duration	Source
Abdul Karim Khan	Basant	01:34	HMV
Abdul Karim Khan	Jhinjhoti Thumri	04:11	HMV
Abdul Karim Khan	Shudh Kalyan	04:18	HMV
Abdul Waheed Khan	Darbari	06:43	HMV
Bhimsen Joshi	Puriya Dhanasri	08:12	Live
Bhimsen Joshi	Lalit	06:13	HMV
Faheem Mazhar	Kafi Kanada	05:44	Live
Gangubai Hangal	Asawari	04:10	HMV
Ghulam Abbas Gulderwi	Jait	05:54	Live
Mashkoor Ali Khan	Basant*	08:14	Live
Niaz Ahmed – Faiyyaz Ahmed	Chandraprabha	07:47	HMV
Niaz Ahmed – Faiyyaz Ahmed	Aiman	08:24	HMV
Roshan Ara Begum	Shankara	07:07	HMV
Roshan Ara Begum	Kalawati	03:18	HMV
Roshan Ara Begum	Zartabi	05:04	Radio Pakistan
Roshan Ara Begum	Darbari	06:46	Radio Pakistan
Shakoor Khan	Maru Bihaag*	06:31	Live