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Inside Pandit Jasraj’s home: From a ‘Wall of Honour’, zardozi peacock wall, to a 65-year-old tanpura
September 29, 2026 4:00 pm
Pandit Jasraj’s home blends Indian classical music, traditional décor and luxury, featuring a zardosi peacock wall, silver mandir and vintage tanpura.
Remembering Pandit Jasraj, master of a five-octave voice blending strength and sweetness, on his birth anniversary
January 28, 2025 5:30 pm
What set Pandit Jasraj apart from his contemporaries was his ability to make even the most serious Hindustani classical compositions feel approachable without compromising their depth.
Madhura Pandit Jasraj, wife of Pandit Jasraj and daughter of V Shantaram, passes away at the age of 86
September 25, 2024 8:48 am
Madhura, who wrote books and also directed a film later in her life, was the daughter of the legendary filmmaker V Shantaram.
Pandit Jasraj Cultural Foundation celebrates singer’s 93rd birth anniversary
January 28, 2023 5:49 pm
Pandit Jasraj's disciples Pt Rattan Mohan Sharma and Lokesh Anand (Shehnai) began the special afternoon with auspicious shlokas from the Bhagawad Gita. Another disciple Sanjay Sharma, a TV personality, hosted the event.
India Post to issue stamp to commemorate 50 years of Pandit Jasraj's 'Pt Motiram Pt Maniram Sangeet Samaroha'
April 14, 2022 12:21 pm
An annual Indian classical music festival held at Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroha was started by noted classical singer Pandit Jasraj in memory of his father, Motiram, and brother, Maniram
Bapuji adapted to online teaching during Covid-19 seamlessly: Pt Jasraj's daughter
February 02, 2022 11:14 am
Pandit Jasraj, who died at the age of 90 in New Jersey, US, in August 2020, was revered worldwide by his students and disciples for his teachings of the Indian classical ragas -- for which he used mediums like Skype, FaceTime and WhatsApp extensively, she recalled.
Is the guru-shishya parampara still relevant in Indian classical music?
September 07, 2020 9:04 am
The centuries-old tradition is changing as it copes with the onslaught of technology and a change in its lopsided power dynamics
What Pandit Jasraj taught us about becoming one with the divine
August 22, 2020 8:50 pm
The iconic vocalist made his music a prayer to the god that resides in all life
Pandit Jasraj brought harmony, peace, melody into our lives: Sonia Gandhi
August 19, 2020 5:53 pm
In a letter to Pandit Jasraj's wife Madhura, Sonia Gandhi expressed condolences and said the whole nation mourns "with you at this time of grief".
Music of the gods
August 18, 2020 11:54 pm
Pandit Jasraj blended classicism with preferences of audiences to evolve a unique, personal and popular style.
PANDIT JASRAJ PHOTOS
Pandit Jasraj: A pictorial tribute to the classical music maestro
August 17, 2020 7:13 pm
Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj passed away on Monday. He had turned 90 in January 2020
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