Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, the famous classical singer from Karnataka, represented the:
Answer & explanation
Answer: (d) Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Mallikarjun Mansur of Dharwad was a Hindustani classical singer of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Manji Khan, the eldest son of Alladiya Khan, who founded that gharana, took him as a pupil.
- ✓ (d) The Dharwad district's own account records that Manji Khan, eldest son of Alladiya Khan, the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, took Mansur under his wings; The Hindu also calls him an artiste of the Atrauli gharana.
- ✗ (b) Mansur is not placed in the Gwalior gharana: the decisive training in the official account comes from Manji Khan of the Jaipur-Atrauli line.
- ✗ (a) Nothing in the official account links Mansur with the Agra gharana; his guru belonged to the Jaipur-Atrauli line.
Remember · Jaipur-Atrauli gharana (founder Alladiya Khan): Mallikarjun Mansur of Dharwad learnt from Alladiya Khan's son Manji Khan.
Sources
- Dharwad district (Government of Karnataka), District Profile – History ↗ “Renowned classical Hindustani singers like Kumar Gandaharva, Smt Gangubai Hangal, Mallikarjun Mansur, Pt. Bhimasen Joshi, Basavaraj Rajguru and Sangeeta Katti, have not only contributed to the field of music”
- Mallikarjun Mansur, Dharwad district website (Government of Karnataka, NIC); Internet Archive copy of dharwad.nic.in/mansoor.htm ↗ “Manji Khan, the eldest son of Alladiya Khan, the founder of Jaipur- Atrauli Gharaanaa, took him under his wings.”
- The Hindu (15 September 2006), report on the Mallikarjun Mansur memorial event (Internet Archive copy) ↗ · reference work “In 1991 Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur, the renowned artiste of the Atrauli Gharana was brought from Dharwad”
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