Big B inaugurated Pandit Hariprasad’s music school
Indian
oi-Prakash KL
By Ramchander
Pandit
Hariprasad"s
classical
music
school,
Vrindavan
Gurukul,
was
inaugurated
by
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
Bhubaneshwar
on
Sunday.
Also
present
at
the
event
were
Orissa
Chief
Minister
Naveen
Patnaik
and
Jaya
Bachchan.
Based
on
ancient
Indian
gurukul
ethos,
the
school
will
teach
and
help
in
the
survival
of
classical
performing
arts,
namely
music
and
dance.
Yoga
and
meditation
will
also
feature
as
a
part
of
the
teachings,
all
carried
out
in
soothing
atmosphere.
Pandit
Hariprasad
Chaurasia
joined
hands
with
Santoor
exponent
Shiv
Kumar
Sharma
to
launch
this
unique
concept,
aimed
towards
the
betterment
of
classical
music
and
performing
arts.
In
this
era,
where
classical
music
is
struggling
to
find
takers,
both
in
terms
of
performers
and
listeners,
this
is
a
bold
step.
Gracing
the
occasion
of
the
formal
opening,
Amitabh
Bachchan
said,
“The
ancient
Indian
tradition
of
the
guru
and
shishya
(teacher
and
student)
is
a
beautiful
relationship
and
sadly
there
are
a
very
few
institutions
which
honour
and
continue
it.
The
Vrindavan
Gurukul
is
one
of
the
few
institutions
which
are
designed
around
this
tradition.
The
Gurukul
is
Pandit
Hari
Prasad"s
dream
project
and
music,
from
classical
to
folk
and
thumri
will
be
taught
here.
On
this,
the
flute
maestro
said,
“The
children
will
surrender
themselves
to
the
teachers
who
will
adopt
and
will
further
nurture
their
talent."