Music Gharanas and their Founders in India

 

Vocal gharanas

 

1. Khyal gharanas

# Qawwal Bacchon Ka Gharana- Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau & His 12 Student's

# Dilli gharana- Hazrat Amir Khusrau, Miyan Samti

# Gwalior gharana- Nathan Pir Baksh, Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan, Nathu Khan

# Agra gharana- Ghagge Khudabaksh

# Kirana gharana- Abdul Karim Khan, Abdul Wahid Khan

# Bhendibazaar gharana- Chhajju Khan, Nazeer Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan

# Jaipur-Atrauli gharana- Alladiya Khan

# Patiala gharana- Bade Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Baksh Khan

# Rampur-Sahaswan gharana- Inayat Hussain Khan

# Indore gharana- Amir Khan

# Mewati gharana- Ghagge Nazir Khan

# Sham Chaurasia gharana- Miyan Chand Khan, Miyan Suraj Khan

# Kunwar Shyam gharana- Goswami Lalji Maharaj ("Kunwar Shyam")

2. Dhrupad gharanas

# Dagarbani ("sadharani geeti")

# Gauharbani

# Khandarbani

# Nauharbani

# Dagar gharana- the Dagar family

# Bishnupur gharana- Kirtankars in West Bengal (13th century)

# Darbhanga gharana- founded in Darbhanga, Bihar

# Bettiah gharana- founded in Bettiah, Bihar

# Talwandi gharana

# Mewati gharana-  Wahid Khan (Beenkar) and Ghagge Nazir Khan

# Kalpi gharana

3. Thumri

            #Benaras

# Lucknow

# Patiala

 

Instrumental gharanas

1. Tabla gharanas

# Delhi gharana- Siddhar Khan

# Ajrara gharana- Kallu Khan, Miru Khan

# Lucknow gharana- Miyan Bakshu

# Benares gharana- Ram Sahai

# Farrukhabad gharana- Haji Vilayat Ali Khan

# Punjab gharana- Miyan Qader Baksh

2. Wind and string instruments

# Bishnupur gharana

# Sufiana gharana of Kashmir (Santoor)

3. Sitar gharanas

# Etawah gharana

# Maihar gharana

# Senia gharana

# Indore gharana (Beenkar gharana)

# Atrauli-Jaipur gharana

# Mewati gharana

 4. Sarod gharanas

# Senia-Maihar gharana

# Senia-Shahjahanpur gharana

# Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana

# Senia-Bangash gharana