Hirabai Barodekar and Saraswati Rane – Raag Chandra Kauns, Raag Basant Bahar – ECLP 2356 – released 1968 (LP)
Following our presentation of the formidable singer Hirabai Barodekar (1905-1989) in a previous post (HMV 7 EPE 1205), we now present her in a riveting jugalbandi (literally translated as ‘entwined twins’) duet with her younger sister Saraswati Rane (1913-2006). The two daughters of Abdul Kareem Khan (1872-1937), the founder of Kirana Gharana, weave illuminating circular flights that radiate balance, depth, and imagination. They are accompanied here by Narayanrao Indorkar on tabla.
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The Photographs below are from Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin by Andrew Topsfield, Ashmolean Museum, 2012 and Die Museumsinsel zu Berlin,
Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, DDR-Berlin, 1987:
A Lady Singing, Kishangarh, Rajasthan, c. 1740-1745, and The Magic Camel, 1610.Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, DDR-Berlin, 1987:





