Radhakanta nandi biography definition

Musical artist

Anokhelal Mishra (Hindi: अनोखेलाल मिश्रा; 1914.. – 10 March 1958) — also spelled as Anokhe Lal Misra and commonly known as Pandit Anokhelal-ji — was an Indian Tablā Artist who belonged to the Banaras Gharana of Hindustani classical music.

Early life

Anokhelal was born in a very poor family of Kashi (Banaras), now known as Varanasi (State – Uttar Pradesh). Anokhelal learnt tabla under Bhairow Prasad Mishra^[1] (Bhairow is also spelled as Bhairav or Bhairon).

Radhakanta nandi biography definition

Bhairow prasad Mishra detected his talent and enrolled him as a student of the Tabla in the Banaras Gharana of Ram Sahaiji at the age of 5 or 6 years. Anokhelal Learnt Tabla for about 15 years from Bhairow Prasad Mishra. Bhairow Prasad Mishra was disciple of Bhagat-ji.

Bhagat-ji was disciple of Ram Sahai, the founder of The Banaras-Bāj (aka Banaras Gharana). According to The Banaras Bāj-The Tablā Tradition of a North Indian City by David Roach, Anokhelal was the most f