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Raga Vachaspati in Hindustani music

Raga Vachaspati in Hindustani music

Deepak S. Raja

Vachaspati is a Carnatic raga, representing the Vachaspati parent-scale (64th melakarta). In its Hindustani adaptation, it has the tone material of raga Yaman with a flat (komal) Ni replacing the natural (suddha). Aroha ...

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Veteran actor B. M. Vyas

Veteran actor B. M. Vyas

Vikram Iyengar and Tanaji Dasgupta

Veteran actor B. M. Vyas passed away in Mumbai on 11 March 2013 at the age of 93. He started his career as a playback singer and then joined Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatres in 1944 as a singer and actor. He remained with the company till 1955. H ...

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Mahanavami Dibba in Hampi

Mahanavami Dibba in Hampi

Chithra Madhavan

Hampi, the famous UNESCO World Heritage site on the banks of river Tungabhadra in Karnataka, was once the great medieval metropolis called Vijaya­nagara (City of Victory). This city, founded by Harihara I and Bukka I in 1336 AD, was the capital of t ...

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