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The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) [7] are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group [ 8 ] from the Kashmir Valley , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir .
It is performed in folk and religious spheres, by the Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits. [4] Chakri was also used to tell stories like fairy tales or famous love stories such as Yousuf-Zulaikha , Laila-Majnun , etc. Chakri ends with the rouf , though rouf is a dance form but few ending notes of Chakri which are played differently and on ...
Kashmiri Muslims are descended from Kashmiri Hindus who converted to Islam, and Kashmiri Pandits are the predecessors of the Kashmiri Muslims, [39] who now form the majority population in the Kashmir Valley [40] [41] Both the Kashmiri Hindus and Muslim society reckons descent patrilineally. Certain property and titles may be inherited through ...
Kailash Mehra Sadhu sang for the album 'Poozai Posh'. [4] Alongside fellow Kashmiri singer Vijay Malla, and produced by the Kashmir Overseas Association of the United States of America, this album, containing several sacred bhajans and hymns native to Kashmir, and as a movement to preserve Kashmir's 5000-year-old culture, history and sanctity, this album became highly popular with the millions ...
Kashmiri or Koshur (کٲشُر, कॉशुर, 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆶𑆫𑇀) [15] is a language from the Dardic subgroup of Indo-Aryan languages, spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris, primarily in the Indian administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Wanvun, literally "chorus", is a style of singing used by Kashmiri people before certain rituals such as Yagnopavit and marriages. It can also be used to describe a music session at which traditional songs are sung. It is also known as Rauf. [1] "Wanwun" is sung on a fixed beat, with a spoken word type rhythm.
Hollowell-Dhar and David Singer-Vine performing as the Cataracs in 2010. Hollowell-Dhar was born in Berkeley, California. [13] His father is a Kashmiri Pandit who emigrated from India, while his mother is American.
Sopori was born in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family to Shambhu Nath Sopori on 22 June 1948. [3] [4] Sopori hailed from Sopore in the Baramulla district of the Kashmir Valley and traced his lineage to ancient Santoor experts. He belonged to the Sufiana gharana of Indian classical music. [5] His family has played santoor for over six ...