Famous People with Name Shri

Shri Dattaram Parwatkar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shri Dattaram Parwatkar: was a sarangi player.When asked about how he mastered the art of playing sarangi, Dattaramji humbly replies saying that “his entire village (Parvat in Goa) was known for its artists. When you would take a stroll in the village you would often hear alaps, strumming of the tanpura, rhythmic cycles of tabla or melodious notes of sarangi. But to top it all, our home was an institution in itself when it came to music. My grandfather and my great-grandfather were hailed as master musicians in their era. During my growing up years, my elder brothers Pandit Balkrishna and Sadanand played Sarangi and Tabla respectively. To cut a long story short, let’s put this way that I was born amidst the notes of sarangi and rhythms of tabla. Since the time I started understanding music,

Shri Kalyan Mukherjee            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shri Kalyan Mukherjee: a Sarode maestro of the "Senia Maihar Gharana" (or Senia Maihar School) of Indian classical music.Kalyan Mukherjee was born in Calcutta, India in 1967 into a family that has, for long, expressed their interests in traditional art and culture. Kalyan's father Sri Ajoy Mukherjee was an accomplished violinist and a disciple of Sarode maestro the late Ustad Bahadur Khan. Kalyan first learnt Tabla in the Lucknow Gharana tradition in his childhood. He was later initiated into learning Sarode and took primary lessons in Sarode from Shri Sachin Pal (Sachin Pal was a student of Ustad Alauddin Khan's student the late Shri Shyam Ganguly). Later, Kalyan came under the able tutelage of Sarode maestro Ustad Bahadur Khan of "Senia Maihar Gharana". Kalyan continued to learn from Ustad Bahadur Khan till the latter's death. Following Ustad Bahadur Khan's untimely death, Kalyan continued to nurture his musical prodigies under the guidance of Sitarist the late Shri Ajoy Sinha Roy.

Shri Purohit Swami            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shri Purohit Swami: was a Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India.As a child he became proficient in Marathi, English, and Sanskrit. He was well educated, obtaining a B.A. in philosophy at Calcutta University in 1903 and a law degree from Deccan College and Bombay University.As a teenager, he decided to be celibate, but in 1908 he accommodated his parents' wishes and married Godu Bai. After the birth of daughters in 1910 and 1914 and a son in 1915, he resumed his vow of celibacy.