Dear Vishnu, This is indeed a great initiative and an invaluable contribution to wiki source.
Kudos! Best wishes for the event. regards Arun On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 5:16 AM, Vishnu <visdav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > We are glad to invite you to join us for an event in Mumbai on October 7th > where Pandita. Neela Bhagwat [1] will donate her comprehensive textual > compilation of Gwalior Gharana [2] bandishes. > > Timing: 5.30 to 7 pm > Venue: Shivaji Park Nagarik Sangh, (hall next to Shivaji statue at Shivaji > Park, Dadar) > > As some of you may know that Gwalior Gharana is one of the old traditions > of Hindustani gayaki and like other gayaki's the tradition has been passed > on orally in the guru-shishya parampara. Pt. Neela Bhagwat has over a > period of 30 years (of learning and teaching music) meticulously compiled > most of the Gwalior Gharana bandishes with notations and notes. Upon the > request of CIS-A2K, she has agreed to donate this comprehensive collection > which will be scanned and hosted on Wikisource. We hope that this will be > of interest to music aficionados and those interested in the study of > Hindustani Music. > > CIS-A2K is thankful to the event hosts, Khayal Trust. The event will > attract a community of Hindustani music lovers and we hope to orient them > to consider improving the quality of content on Hindustani music and > musicians on Wikipedia during the event. We welcome the community members > in Mumbai to join us in this effort. Please help spread the word. > > Best, > Vishnu > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neela_Bhagwat > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior_gharana (needs wiki love) > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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