A brief description of this great gharana and its inception

1. GWALIOR GHARANA

5. These doyens from Gwalior had a large number of disciples. Prominent among them were: Rehmat Khan, Baba Dikshit, Masurekar Buva, Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Rajabhaiyya Poochwale, Ramkrishnabuva Vaze, Balakrishna Buva Ichalkaranjikar, Vasudev Buva Joshi Devji Buva Paranjape. .

6. Brahmins from this group of disciples settled in different parts of Maharashtra and disseminated the Gwalior Gharana style of singing in Pune, Bombay, Nagpur and Indore. The changes brought about by Pandit Bhatkhande and Vishnu Digambar Paluskar liberated Hindustani classical music from the grasp of “maharajas and emperors” and made it available to all through the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. They also broke the court-courtesan linkage and made Hindustani Classical singing a socially acceptable form of art and gave it a religious and spiritual flavor by introducing the components of “Bhakti” and Bhajans in their compositions.

7. Nissar Hussein Khan 1844 – 1916

8. Rahimat Khan 1846 - 1922

9. Balkrishnabuwa Ichalkarangikar 1849 – 1927

10. Shankar Pandit 1863 – 1917

11. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar 1872 – 1931

12. Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze 1872 – 1943

13. Rajbhayya Poochwale 1882 – 1956

14. Omkarnath Thakur 1897 – 1967