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The world's largest sarangi in a dusty room ("the museum") of Banaras Hindu University Music College:

A Life with Sarangi,  a documentary by Rolf Killius:

 

Speeches by Pandit Shanta Prasad, Pandit Kissen Maharaj, Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra, and Mahadev Mishra at a function in Durga Kund, Varanasi felicitating Mahadev Mishra. A glimpse of the last great old-timers of Banaras, all gone now. (February 1994)

 

Ustad Fariduddin Dagar sings dhrupad in rag Bihag accompanied by Ivan Trunzler and "Guruji" on pakavaj, in Jor Bagh, Delhi at the home of Maurizia Costanzo:

 

Ivan Trunzler, dhrupad in Malkauns accompanied by Srikant Mishra (Tun Maharaj) on pakavaj and Nicolas Magriel on sarangi at the Dhrupad Mela in Banaras:

 

Helmut Weible plays a pakavaj solo at the Dhrupad Mela, accompanied by Kanhaiyalal Mishra on sarangi,  at the Dhrupad Mela, Banaras:

 

The Kavi Samelan (poets festival) at Assi, Banaras, on Holi, 1994, is not for the faint-hearted—especially if you can understand the Bhojpuri language. My video camera was seriously compromised by coloured powder flying through the air—responsible for some of the digital interference on the most troubled videos on this site.

 

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