Indian Classics

========================================================================================== Monday 01, December 2025, 06:00. Mehta in 2020 Background information: Born 21 May 1945, Jaipur, Jaipur State, India Died 20 August 2024 (aged 79), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Genres Indian classical music Occupation Musician Instrument Sitar Years active 1955–2024 Spouse - Nandan Mehta ​(date missing)​ Pandit NANDAN MEHTA, eminent Indian Hindustani Classical Music Percussionist who played the TABLA,  He was a percussionist and music teacher from Ahmedabad who belonged to the Benaras Gharana of Hindustani classical music. He established Saptak School of Music and started Saptak Annual Festival of Music in 1980. Nandan Mehta was born to Yashodhar Mehta, a writer and lawyer, and Vasumati, a painter and daughter of Sir Chinubhai Baronet. His grandfather Narmadashanker Mehta was aeputed Vedanta scholar. He was trained under Kishan Maharaj and was a tabla exponent of the Banaras Gharana....

=========================================================================================== Saturday 15, Novemer 2025, 05:30. Radha Namboodiri Born Radha Warrier 14 January 1946 (age 79) Mumbai, India Occupation Singer Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2021) Musical career Genres Carnatic music Instrument Vocals Introductions:   Radha Namboodiri (born 1946) is an Indian classical vocalist and music teacher from Mumbai, Maharashtra. In 2021 she received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Government of India. Biography: Radha P. Namboodiri was born on 14 January 1946, to A.R. Warrier and Narayani in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was on the advice of her sister's music teacher that her parents decided to give her musical training.[3] She did Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Sanskrit from the University of Mumbai. Radha worked with All India Radio, Thiruvananthapuram as program executive for music in 1975 and later transferred to Doordarshan. She serv...