Thursday, August 22, 2013
PANDIT ANOKHE LAL MISHRA ( 1914
– 10 March 1958) — also spelled as Anokhe Lal Misra and
commonly known as Pandit Anokhelalji — was an Indian Tablā Artist who
belonged to the Banaras Gharana of Hindustani classical music.
Anokhelal was born in a very poor family of Kashi (Banaras), now
known as Varanasi (State – Uttar Pradesh). Anokhelal learnt
tabla under Bhairow Prasad Mishra (Bhairow is also spelled as Bhairav or Bhairon).
Bhairow prasad Mishra detected his talent and enrolled him as a student of the
Tabla in the Banaras Gharana of Ram Sahaiji at the age of 5 or 6
years. Anokhelal Learnt Tabla for about 15 years from Bhairow Prasad Mishra.
Bhairow Prasad Mishra was disciple of Bhagat-ji. Bhagat-ji was disciple ofRam
Sahai, the founder of The Banaras-Bāj (aka Banaras Gharana). According to The
Banaras Bāj-The Tablā Tradition of a North Indian City by David Roach,
Anokhelal was the most famous disciple of Bhairav Prasad Mishra among Maulvi
Ram Mishra, Mahavir Bhatt, Mahadev Prasad Mishra, Anokhelal Mishra, and
Nageshvar Prasad.
He lost his parents as teenager. After that he was brought up by
his grand mother. As a child, Anokhelal had to suffer poverty and deprivation.
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