The Ancient name of Pakhawaj is MRIDANG, which is derived from Sanskrit language मृत: अङ्ग: यस्य इति मृदङ्ग: that means the instrument which part is made of Soil. It is mentioned briefly in the Veda, NatyaShastra, and Puranas as a “DevaVadya”. It was created by The Brahma, firstly played by Shri Ganesh and then by Indra, Narada, Maharishi Swati, Arjun, and so on. It is the mother instrument of Indian drums. It is predominantly played with Dhrupad, Kathak, and String Instruments like Rudravina, Sur Bahar, Khayal, and Kirtan (Haveli Sangeet).
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Shree Kalindi Enterprise Pakhawaj app offers authentically recorded Pakhawaj sounds for music lovers, students, and musicians for all levels. Practice with 10 different Taals ( rhythmic cycles), 3 Chalti Patterns commonly used in Haveli Sangeet and Chhand pattern for Instrumentalists. The app includes very tuned Tanpura of 12 scales from B to A# to create a blissful practice environment.
Authentic and high-quality
Pakhawaj recordings
Chautal, Dhamar, Jhaptal,
Sooltaal, Teental, Adital, Tevra
3 Chalti variations
Adjustable scale
Tanpura (B to G#)
User-friendly interface
with volume control
Play Pakhawaj and Tanpura
together or separately
Goswami Shri 105 Rasikpritamlalji is the direct 17th descendent of Shri Vallabhacharya. He has profound knowledge on various subjects such as Art, Music, Literature, Vedant. He studied tabla at very small age and then Pakhawaj. He is B.Sc (chemistry) and also studied Vyakaran, Vedpath and Vallabh Vedanta. He is poet, composer, thinker and Spiritual Guru. He is graded artist from A.I.R. He is actively working for upliftment of music, art and literature and has also established V.I.M.A.L (Vallabhacharya Institute of Music Art & Literature) for youth and artlovers.
Dr. Ankit Parikh is one of the talented Pakhawaj artists from India. He has learned Pakhawaj under Goswami Sri Kalyan rai ji Maharaj shri, the acharya of Vallabh sampraday, and Vidwan of Nana Panse Gharana. Later he moved to Lucknow and took further talim from Dr . Raj Khushiram, a disciple of Pakhawaj wizard Swami Pagal das ji. Ankit belongs to the temple tradition of Pushti bhakti marg. Ankitji has played all musical pieces of thekas in different taals
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