Lucknow gharana

The Lucknow Gharānā, also known as "Purab Gharâna" for tabla, is a discipleship tradition ("gharana") with a tabla legacy and Kathak legacy. These two traditions are known for being one of the six major gharanas of tabla and three gharanas of kathak.

Exponents

Kathak

• Durga Prasad Mishra (c. 1800–1880), father and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra.
• Thakur Prasad Misha (c. 1800–1880), uncle and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra.
• Bindadin Maharaj (1830–1918), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra.
• Kalka Prasad Mishra (1842–1913), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra.
• Acchan Maharaj (1883–1960), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.^[1]
• Lacchu Maharaj (1901–1978), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
• Shambhu Maharaj (1910–1970), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
• Birju Maharaj (1938–2022), foremost kathak performer of the 20th Century.^[2] Son and disciple of Acchan Maharaj. Also learned from uncles Lacchu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj.

Tabla

• Miyan Bakshu^[3]
• Mia Salari khan
• Ustad Babu Kha
• Ustad Chotten Khan
• Nogendra nath Bose

• Manmathanath Ganguly
• Acharya Pt. Hirendra Kumar Ganguli (Hiru Babu)
• Tapas Kumar Ganguli son of Acharya Hirendra Kumar Ganguli
• Abid Hussain khan
• Jahangir Khan
• Biru Mishra (disciple of ustad abid Hussain Khan also learnt beneras gharana)
• Wajid Hussain Khan
• Afaq Hussain Khan
• Ilmas Hussain Khan
• Santosh Krishna Biswas
• Kanai Dutta Disciple of Hemant Bhattacharya who is the disciple of Pt. Manmanath Ganguly, disciple of Ustad Babu Khan of Lucknow Gharana.
• Swapan Chaudhuri (b. 1945), disciple of Santosh Krishna Biswas.
• S. R. Chishti (b. 1965), disciple of Afaq Hussain Khan.^[4][5]
• Ustad Julfikar Hussain disciple of Khalifa Ustad Afaq Hussain khan.
• Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharya
• Hemanta Bhattacharya
• Bhibhuti Bhusan Bhattacharya (disciple of Hemanta Bhattacharya)
• Pandit Ashok Maitra
• Sri Ujjal Roy
• Sri Shubhrangshu Das