Hindustani classical

Summary

Hindustani classical is a North Indian art-music family centered on raga, rhythmic organization and the interaction of composition with improvisation. Its history and practice also extend through Pakistan, Bangladesh and diaspora communities. Vocal genres such as khayal and dhrupad coexist with developed instrumental traditions. The music is not simply a scale being improvised over a beat: a raga involves characteristic movement, emphasis and expressive possibilities, while a performance creates its own unfolding interpretation. Different lineages, artists and occasions produce considerable variety within the shared framework.

Contemporary and trending

The tradition continues through teachers and students, concerts, recordings, festivals, radio, institutions and family lineages. Musicians may work within a named gharana while learning across several traditions, and audiences encounter both long recitals and shorter digital excerpts. Those formats reveal different amounts of a performance's development. Contemporary participation is wider than hereditary professional families, though access, patronage and social hierarchies remain relevant. Institutions such as the ITC Sangeet Research Academy connect sustained teaching with public performance, while local and diaspora networks provide many additional paths into learning and attentive listening.

History

North Indian musical worlds developed through interactions among regional practice, temples, courts, professional families and Persianate cultural environments. Modern forms took shape across long periods rather than through one person's invention of a complete system. Patronage shifted from courts and other older settings toward public concerts, broadcasting, recording and educational institutions. Partition and migration altered networks without making related musical knowledge suddenly stop at new state borders. The resulting history includes Muslim, Hindu and other practitioners working through shared and differentiated lineages. It should not be reduced to an unchanging national heritage or a simple mixture of two sealed cultures.

Musical characteristics

A drone establishes a tonal reference, while a singer or instrumentalist develops a raga through characteristic phrases and relationships. Rhythmic accompaniment, often tabla in many present forms, organizes a tala cycle once the performance enters the relevant section. Compositions provide anchors around which elaboration grows, and returning to a significant point in the cycle can create anticipation and release. Ornament, tone and pacing matter as much as speed. Listen first for the melodic center and recurring gesture, then for the relationship between soloist and accompanist. Instrumental and vocal performances organize these possibilities in different ways.

Geography and communities

The relevant landscape spans northern and central Indian cultural networks, with strong western and eastern professional and listening circuits and meaningful related Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. Famous gharana towns are historical clues, not a current map of isolated tastes. Nearby cities and their countryside share teaching, broadcasting and festival worlds, so broad regional fields are more useful than a birthplace inventory. Diaspora teaching and listening form separated adopted scenes. The illustration concerns affinity and participation, not a claim that this specialized art is the daily favorite of every person across the shaded territory.

Artists

Bhimsen Joshi, Kishori Amonkar and Amir Khan provide contrasting routes into vocal interpretation, while Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar Khan and Bismillah Khan reveal different instrumental languages. These examples are neither an exhaustive canon nor a ranking of artistic worth. Accompanists, women teachers, institutional musicians and less recorded local practitioners are essential to the wider landscape. Compare two artists developing the same raga, attending to the order of ideas, tone and rhythmic interaction. Recognition of a shared framework makes individual artistic judgment easier to hear rather than less significant.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile

Repertoire	Field use	Notes
classical	regional	Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.

MuGlobe representative performances

Artist	Performance / song / title	Embedded player URL	Notes	Repertoire kind	Repertoire date	Recording date	Format	Opening	Places	Fit	Evidence	Review note	MuGlobe favorite	Current hit	Authentic
Ravi Shankar and ensemble	Raga Mala — Tenth Decade in Concert, Escondido	https://www.youtube.com/embed/zVqvd6mhat8	Ravi Shankar's own label releases an excerpt from his October 2011 sitar concert. The named raga-mala presentation is a specific Hindustani concert example, not a claim that an excerpt conveys the full development of every raga.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.	false	false	false
Bhimsen Joshi	Darbari — Jhanak Jhanakva	https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfn_X3YIxiQ	Saregama's official vocal recording in raga Darbari, providing a voice-centered Hindustani example alongside the existing sitar performance. Audio release; this compact track does not represent the full duration of a concert raga exposition. Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.	false	false	false
Ramakant Gaikwad	Raga Puriya Kalyan | Ramakant Gaikwad | Live in Amsterdam 2026 | Hindustani Classical	https://www.youtube.com/embed/OQqXGFKgGcM	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Ramakant Gaikwad. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Ramakant Gaikwad. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Rakesh Chaurasia, Satyajit Talwalkar	VayuVaani | Raag Bhimpalasi Jugalbandi | Rakesh Chaurasia & Satyajit Talwalkar | Swarnanjali 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/xnW8K5qubd8	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: B. C. Sen Jewellers. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: B. C. Sen Jewellers. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Aarohi Saha	Sur Sangat 8th Indian Classical Music Festival,2026, Raga - Yaman Singer-Aarohi Saha	https://www.youtube.com/embed/3LyKNuJlYwI	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Aarohi Saha. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Aarohi Saha. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
South Alabama Indian Music Ensemble	5. Raga Bahar: Bandish - "Kaliyana Sanga Karata Ranga"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ap8gQEZUVF4	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Auburnsangeet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-09-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Auburnsangeet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Kaushiki Chakraborty, Siddharth Bellamannu, Mehtab Ali Niyazi, Ishaan Ghosh, Jyotirmoy Banerjee	Jamuna Kinare Mero Gao | Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty & Siddharth Belmannu | Live	https://www.youtube.com/embed/YQ-4g_JTFD0	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Harsh Dube. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-23. Video publication: 2026-09-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2026-08-23	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Harsh Dube. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-23.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Pt. Venkatesh Kumar in Kolhapur | Raag- Bhairavi | Kannada	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IrEZ3-vzD78	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivraj Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivraj Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Rakesh Chaurasia	Rakesh Chaurasia | Raag Bhimpalasi | #swarazankar #music #live #raag	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5pCW26D0nTM	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: SwaraZankar . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: SwaraZankar . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Kaushiki Chakraborty	Kaushiki Chakraborty and Pravin Godkhindi rare musical jugalbandi	https://www.youtube.com/embed/55qubX2lkrQ	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: apurva bannigol. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: apurva bannigol. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Raag Ramdasi Malhar | Pt. Venkatesh Kumar | Swarazankar #VenkateshKumar #music #live	https://www.youtube.com/embed/6O2Rt4iYOXo	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: SwaraZankar . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: SwaraZankar . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Pandit Venkatesh Kumar - Raag Kedar	https://www.youtube.com/embed/UbfdCOZzBLU	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: CreativePursuits. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: CreativePursuits. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Raag Behag & Others | Hindustani Classical Vocal by Pt. Venkatesh Kumar	https://www.youtube.com/embed/epPUunEv9tE	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Raagas & Quartet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-31. Video publication: 2026-06-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2026-01-31	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Raagas & Quartet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-01-31.	false	false	false
Rakesh Chaurasia	Rakesh Chaurasia | Raag Bhimpalasi | Shadaj | 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/uTh9wxdGa8Q	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shadaj Baithak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shadaj Baithak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Purbayan Chatterjee	Rakesh Chowrasiya and Purbayan Chatterjee। Sath Sath। Desh Raga	https://www.youtube.com/embed/rNk7c-RO0IU	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: The Folkal. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-06-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: The Folkal. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Saandip Chaatterjee, Subhajyoti Guha	Raga Kirwani Live in USA 2026 I Drut Teen Taal I Indian Classical Music	https://www.youtube.com/embed/7bwfHXTbQDk	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Saandip Chaatterjee. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Saandip Chaatterjee. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	5th edition of "Raga Sandhya" held on 11.04.2026 at Hoodehadda Vocal by: Pt. Venkatesh Kumar Dharwad	https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ZfZ9mT85yg	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Sapthak Bangalore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-11. Video publication: 2026-04-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2026-04-11	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Sapthak Bangalore. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-11.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Pt Venkatesh Kumar, Home concert on 26th March 2026 Copy	https://www.youtube.com/embed/jFlKsNUvdFI	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Arun Gunari. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-26. Video publication: 2026-04-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2026-03-26	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Arun Gunari. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-03-26.	false	false	false
Rakesh Chaurasia	Raga Puriya Kalayan (Flute) | Shri Rakesh Chaurasia | 22 February 2026 | Nirmal Dham, Delhi, India	https://www.youtube.com/embed/p1j5NB7Evco	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Vishwa Nirmala Dharma. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-22. Video publication: 2026-03-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2026-02-22	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Vishwa Nirmala Dharma. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-02-22.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Raag Sahana — A Soulful Rendition by M. Venkatesh Kumar | Live Baithak Bazm E Khas	https://www.youtube.com/embed/MzBqeVZe-Bk	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: BAZM-E-KHAS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: BAZM-E-KHAS. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Raag Jaijaiwanti | Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar | 85th Aundh Sangeet Mahotsav	https://www.youtube.com/embed/HZdZIriN6SI	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivanand Swami Sangeet Pratishthan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-11. Video publication: 2026-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2025-10-11	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivanand Swami Sangeet Pratishthan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-10-11.	false	false	false
Rakesh Chaurasia	Pt Rakesh Chaurasia | Raag Jhinjhoti | Pt Yogesh Samsi | NAADASIRI 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/tih0b9JGhEw	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Swara Samvedana Pratishthana Giligundi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-05-31. Video publication: 2025-12-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2025-05-31	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Swara Samvedana Pratishthana Giligundi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-05-31.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	PT.ULHAS KASHALKAR RAAG JOGKAUNS 22 OCT 2023 PT.RAM MARATHE JANMASHATABDI SHUBHARAMBH PROG THANE .	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZptwJ72HuWU	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Mukund Marathe. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-10-22. Video publication: 2025-12-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2023-10-22	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Mukund Marathe. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-10-22.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	PT. ULHAS KASHALKAR RAAG BASANT BAHAR 22 10 2023 PT. RAM MARATHE BIRTH CENTENAERY THANE	https://www.youtube.com/embed/QXlFS4whJro	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Mukund Marathe. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-10-22. Video publication: 2025-12-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2023-10-22	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Mukund Marathe. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-10-22.	false	false	false
Manjusha Patil	Raag Bibhas by Vidushi Manjusha Patil	https://www.youtube.com/embed/yAEIsVXzwzw	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Manjusha Patil	Raag - Kedar by Vidushi Manjusha Patil	https://www.youtube.com/embed/75ym4jhOxkE	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Gaud Sarang (199x)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/CBK0UsjjaV0	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Archisman Mozumder. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source explicitly dates this to the 1990s, precise year unknown. Video publication: 2025-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Archisman Mozumder. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source explicitly dates this to the 1990s, precise year unknown.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Kafi Kanhra (1998)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/a77tOUl-i5s	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Archisman Mozumder. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1998. Video publication: 2025-11-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	1998	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Archisman Mozumder. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1998.	false	false	false
Kaushiki Chakraborty	Kaushiki Chakraborty | Thumari | Shadaj | 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/oJYYsgNA-sw	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shadaj Baithak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-11-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shadaj Baithak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Kaushiki Chakraborty	Kaushiki Chakraborty | Bageshri | Shadaj | 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/GqmA0f2ic9k	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shadaj Baithak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shadaj Baithak. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Raag Miyan Ki Malhar | Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar | Classical Archives by Shri. Diwakar Tole	https://www.youtube.com/embed/PEodbwzpl0Q	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Classical Archives. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Classical Archives. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Raag Basant | Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar | ft. Suresh Talwalkar | ClassicalArchives by Shri.Diwakar Tole	https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQCqollbOSI	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Classical Archives. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Classical Archives. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Raag Kafi Kanada | Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar| Ft. Suresh Talwalkar| ClassicalArchives by Shri.Diwakar Tole	https://www.youtube.com/embed/oK9Nqe_zmpc	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Classical Archives. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Classical Archives. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Kaushiki Chakraborty	Bilaskhani Todi (Live at Hridayesh Festival 2025 Mumbai)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/2PwDSuq3ZGc	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Kaushiki Chakraborthy - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-05-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Documented performance/session: 2025. Video publication: 2025-05-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2025	audio	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Kaushiki Chakraborthy - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-05-30; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Documented performance/session: 2025.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Raag Sindhura | Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar | Pt. Anant Manohar Joshi Smrutidin 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZAsgZmUHVg0	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivanand Swami Sangeet Pratishthan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-03-09. Video publication: 2025-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2025-03-09	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivanand Swami Sangeet Pratishthan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-03-09.	false	false	false
Ulhas Kashalkar	Raag Bhimpalas | Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar | Pt. Anant Manohar Joshi Smrutidin 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/A6N1e2EHBN4	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivanand Swami Sangeet Pratishthan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-03-09. Video publication: 2025-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2025-03-09	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Shivanand Swami Sangeet Pratishthan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-03-09.	false	false	false
Manjusha Patil	Vidushi Manjusha Patil / विदुषी मंजुषा पाटील - Raga Poorvi / राग पूर्वी	https://www.youtube.com/embed/o7vJR-Y2GPc	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-05-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Manjusha Kulkarni Patil, Vinod Lele, Vinay Mishra	Vidushi Manjusha Kulkarni Patil | Raag Sohni |Madhyalaya | Pt.Vinod Lele | Pt. Vinay Mishra |	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ivI04E34qO8	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Raag Rang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-04-25. Video publication: 2025-05-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2025-04-25	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Raag Rang. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-04-25.	false	false	false
Manjusha Patil	Manjusha Patil | Music of India | Swaranubhuti 2025	https://www.youtube.com/embed/opUaaucBBrI	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Zenith and Zest Production . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-04-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Zenith and Zest Production . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Manjusha Patil	Raag Hindol / राग हिंडोल - Vidushi Manjusha Patil / विदुषी मंजुषा पाटील	https://www.youtube.com/embed/OkxIEA-iCRA	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-04-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Manjusha Patil	Raag Puriya / राग पुरीया - Vidushi Manjusha Patil / विदुषी मंजुषा पाटील	https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Eni3SKywcw	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-01-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: Manjusha Patil. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false
Kaushiki Chakraborty	Kaushiki Chakraborty | Raag Abhogi | Music of India	https://www.youtube.com/embed/SRcBb2pxAiE	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: darbarfestival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. Video publication: 2024-03-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: darbarfestival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021.	false	false	false
Venkatesh Kumar	Venkatesh Kumar: Raag Vrindavani Sarang	https://www.youtube.com/embed/EiV4GQFAtKY	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: First Edition Arts Channel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-09-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.	classical	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Hindustani classical musical recording. Source: First Edition Arts Channel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates.	false	false	false

Related genres

Dhrupad, khayal and thumri deserve separate attention within and around this family because their forms and expressive priorities differ. Carnatic classical has its own South Indian history and performance practices, despite shared concepts and ongoing exchanges. Qawwali and ghazal song overlap through musicians and melodic knowledge without being identical classical subgenres. For discovery, choose a well-identified performance of manageable length, follow the drone and repeated melodic ideas, and then hear another version. Theory can deepen that experience, but attentive listening does not require memorizing a large vocabulary before the music can make sense.

References and further reading

• ITC SRA alumni and teaching lineages

Hotspot mushrooms

Hindustani practice is a broad networked art-music landscape, not isolated historic gharana towns. Northern-central, western and eastern Indian fields connect rural and urban teaching and reception, with meaningful Pakistani and Bangladeshi continuities. A gentler British diaspora field represents a separated adopted world without implying equal everyday popularity across entire populations.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms

ID	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius (km)	Strength	Notes
hindustani-northern-central-landscape	Northern and central Indian Hindustani music networks	27.0	79.0	1500	1	Broad connected teaching, performance and listening landscape.
hindustani-western-indian-circuit	Western Indian and northern Deccan Hindustani circuits	20.0	74.5	1000	0.9	A substantial adopted regional art-music world beyond origin towns.
hindustani-eastern-indian-circuit	Bengal and eastern Indian Hindustani networks	23.0	87.5	850	0.8	Connected audience and teaching traditions across eastern communities.
hindustani-pakistani-related-world	Pakistani Hindustani-related classical communities	31.0	72.5	800	0.7	A related cross-border art-music landscape with distinct institutions.
hindustani-british-diaspora-circuit	British South Asian classical learning communities	52.0	-1.0	420	0.5	A separated established teaching and audience network.