International Dhrupad Mela 2022 | 03 Mar 2022

Why in the news?

On March 2, 2022, the 48^th edition of the five-day International Dhrupad Mela held at Tulsighat, Varanasi concluded.

key points

• Mahant Prof. Vishwambharnath Mishra and President of Uttar Pradesh Natak Akademi Padmashree Dr. Rajeshwar Acharya did it by lighting the lamp.
• This fair was organized under the aegis of Maharaja Banaras Vidyanyas and Dhrupad Samiti.
• Dhrupad Mela is a five-day music festival held every year in the months of February and March, in which eminent music artists from all over India come to participate and show their performances.
• It is noteworthy that the dhrupad is one of the oldest forms in Hindustani classical music, the important feature of which is the emphasis on maintaining the purity of the raga.
• Traditionally, the Dhrupad style of singing was performed with tanpura and pakhawaj.
• Baiju Bawra was a prominent Dhrupad musician in medieval India.