Raga Kukubh Bilawal | Mallikarjun Mansur | ( Album: Morning Ragas Volume 4 ) | Music Today

Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa Mansur was an Indian classical singer of the khayal style hailing from the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana or School of Hindustani classical music. Mansur was born on December 31, 1911, at Mansur, a village five km. west of Dharwad, Karnataka.His father, Bheemaraayappa was village headman,a farmer by occupation was an ardent lover and patron of music. He had four brothers and three sisters. His elder brother Baswaraj owned a theatre troupe, thus at age nine Mansur did a small role acted in play. Spotting the talent in his son, Mallikarjun's father engaged him to a traveling Yakshagana (Kannada theatre) troupe. The owner of this troupe took a liking to the tender and melodious voice of Mallikarjun and encouraged him to sing different types of compositions during the drama-performances. Hearing one such performance, he was picked up by Pundit Appaya Swamy under whom he had his initial training in Carnatic music. Sometime later, he was introduced to classical Hindustani music under Nilkanth Bua Alurmath of Miraj who belonged to the Gwalior Gharana. The latter brought him to Ustad Alladiya Khan, the stalwart and the then patriarch of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, in the late 1920s, who referred him to his elder son, Ustad Manji Khan. Following Manji Khan's untimely death, he came under the tutelage of Ustad Bhurji Khan, the younger son of Ustad Alladiya Khan. This grooming under the Khan Brothers had the most important influence on his singing. Mansur was well known for his command over a large number of rare (aprachalit) ragas such as Shuddh Nat, Asa Jogiya, Hem Nat, Lachchhasakh, Khat etc, as well as his constant, mercurial improvisations in both melody and metre without ever losing the emotional content of the song. Initially, his voice and style resembled that of Manji Khan and Narayanrao Vyas, but gradually he developed his own style of rendition.He also remained music director with His Master's Voice (HMV) and later music advisor to All India Radio's Dharwad station.
This compilation features this beautiful renditions of Raga Kukubh Bilawal by the maestro. The perfectionist that he was, this rendition is a delight for any Hindusthani Classical Music enthusiast.
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[@Chhaya-ld5ch]

Lunar astro 🙏 brought me here and this is so so amazing 🥰Gratitude 🙏

[@trvij]

Lunar Astro brought me here.🎉

[@CarlosCampos-lp9io]

how i like this singer... not possible to explain... it is a heart 2 heart conection

[@SundeepDougal]

देवता और सब जीव जल थल ब्रह्मा और विश्नु शिव तरन तेरे । देव और जनता को देत असीस कामारि और बधे रहिये ॥ devtaa aur sab jiiv jal thal brahma aur vishnu shiv sharan tere | dev aur janta ko det asiis kaamari aur badhe rahiye ||

[@roozbehgazdar7003]

I know nothing about music. But it is this performance of Kukubh Bilawal that left me spell bound during my college days so that I remain a life-long admirer of Pt Mallikarjun Mansur (my most favourite among the few other Hindustani classicalists I love.)

[@roozbehgazdar7003]

@@vijay-bn4ve , yes parsi :)

[@chidambardeshpande1571]

Makes me hypnotised to his wonderful divine voice.

[@SriRam-zi3gg]

listening to this after ganapati homam....pure kukubh bliss...used to tune my trumpet to panditjis tone and become flawless .

[@aviratshete]

Listening to this after my morning run. Pure bliss.😊

[@satishchandraj01]

Indeed a rare treat of this melodious rendering by Mallikarjun Mansurji.

[@vivekgovekar6342]

Basically the peak of this art form

[@prajwalakki1976]

gurujiyavara hadugalanu avaru jevadinda iddaga kelidavaru lucky fellows. Akki I R.jamkhandi

[@hariprasadgs4802]

Mallikarjuna mansur is certainly incornation of Gana Gandharva.

[@Mahesh-om6sq]

❤️Bliss

[@DrVempalliGangadhar]

wow

[@A-servant-of-the-Lord]

May God bless them all immensely!

[@gauravkharkwal5419]

Adhbhut pandit ji 🙏🙏

[@anjukhattar407]

Divine music

[@skmishra827]

Legend

[@pawankumarpauriyal9897]

Lunar astro

[@dimpalpthakkar]

Mesmerizing

[@anupchandrasinghal6517]

A great legendary inspiring divine singer ❤ 🕉

[@TheVinanthi]

Lajawab 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@dineshsathe5405]

Superb

[@Arijitchattopadhyay]

Legendary

[@bapatkedar11]

Unforgettable 🙏💐

[@gauraoartandcraft]

God

[@ckajxyzpqrstuvw757]

This is how you should open your mornings. Thanks to technology which made mansur immortal

[@ckajxyzpqrstuvw757]

For an amateur like me mallikarjun mansur is like a huge mahadwar to jaipur gharana

[@siddhesh9588]

ckaj Xyzpqrstuvwx are you follower of Jaipur gharana!!??

[@gonzaloabril9737]

Everlasting Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur

[@st3231]

As long as humanity exists technology or no technology, these arts will always exist. Had there been no technology to record Mansoorjis voice, we would still be able to listen to the voice of one of his students as he would have passed on his skills to the next generation as it always has been.

[@sudhirsudhirshetty.8910]

Please share vachanas and Dhasara padha of Mallikarjuna mansooru Sidharama jambaldhinni and panchakshari swamy Mathigatti please

[@mandarsumant]

Can anyone please write the lyrics of this Bandish?

[@anilksonimd]

I think it goes .. Hey devata aur saba jeeva jana, karein Bhrahma aur Vishnu Shiva sharana

[@dhanashreekashalkar1573]

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