Tansen Samaroh

Dec. 28, 2023

Around 1,300 musicians played Vande Mataram on tabla to enter the Guinness World Record for the “largest table ensemble” during the ongoing 99th International Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior.

About the Tansen Samaroh:

Tansen Samaroh is a tribute to Indian musical legend, Shri Ramtanu Misra, famously known as Tansen.
It is held every year in December in Gwalior to celebrate Tansen.
Artists and music lovers from all over the world gather here to pay tribute to the Great Indian Musical Maestro Tansen.

Key facts about Mian Tansen:

He was a prominent Indian classical music composer, musician and vocalist, known for a large number of compositions, and also an instrumentalist who popularised and improved the plucked rabab (of Central Asian origin).
He was among the Navaratnas (nine jewels) at the court of the Mughal Emperor Jalal ud-din Akbar.
Akbar gave him the title Mian, an honorific, meaning learned man.
Tansen as a historical personality is difficult to extract from the extensive legend that surrounds him.
He is given credit for introducing some famous ragas, Miyan ki Malhar, Miyan ki Todi and Darbari