The Kumar Gandharva Music School, built by Murkumbi Itihas Upakrama, was built in Sulebhavi village in the Bellagarve region of Karnataka and opened on March 31, 2025. Image source: Special arrangement
Last week, many residents of Sulebawi in the Bellagarve region of Karnataka gathered at night at the official high school to witness an important event – the opening ceremony of Kumar Gandharva Sangeet Vidyalaya, a music school built to commemorate the commemorative celebrations of Hindustani Music Legend Kumar kumar Gandharva, a celebration of the Hindustani Music Legend Kumar Gandharva, which is a celebration of the Hindustani Music Legend Kumar Gandharva.
The school is an extension of the Kalmeshwar Nagar Government High School building and is funded by the Markumbi Itihas Upakrama Foundation in Bellagarve. Non-residential facilities will provide Indian classical music classes for children in the surrounding villages. The school has a space for about 50 students at a time, with several instruments on it. This will also organize music concerts, according to the foundation.
Hope the government helps
The family of Sulebhavi resident Jagadish Naganur runs a hotel in the house where Kumar Gandharva was born, thanks to the school’s foundation. He told him: “We are glad that the Foundation has agreed to provide musical instruments, appoint teachers and run music schools. We will be very happy if the Karnataka government expands the schools to include more students.” Hindu.
Minister of Women and Child Development, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizens Laxmi Hebbalkar was the lead guest at the inauguration on March 31, thanking the foundation and hoping that the school will produce several young artists as talented as Kumar Gandharva. She talks about Kumar Gandharva’s life and contributions. She talked about how he performed when he was 11 years old.
Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar on March 31, 2025, daughter of Kumar Gandharva in Sulebhavi village in Bellagarve district Vidushi Kalapini Komkali and his grandson Bhuvanesh Komkali and his grandson Bhuvanesh Komkali. Image source: Special arrangement
Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, industrialist Vidya Murkumbi, daughter of Kumar Gandharva, Vidushi Kalapini Komkali and his grandson Bhuvanesh Komkali work with students at Kumar Gandharva Music School in Sulebhavi village, Bellagavivi district. |Picture source: Special arrangement
“He is not only a singer, but an innovator. He created the new Lagas and sang songs by Kabir and Nirguni Bhajans,” she said,” she added that the Karnataka government will continue to support cultural events and festivals in historical places.
The school was unveiled by the daughter of Kumar Gandharva, the famous classical singer Vidushi Kalapini Komkali and his grandson Bhuvanesh Komkali, the young singer Bhuvanesh Komkali.
Ms. Comcari said she was very excited when she visited the village and opened the music school named after her father. Bhuvanesh Komkali also visited the ancestral houses of the Komkalimath family.
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Kumar Gandharva was born on April 8, 1924 in Shivaputrayya Sidramayya Komkalimath, Sulebhavi. Early in his life, he received training from his father and uncle. His father sent him to stay at the home of Pandit Br Deodhar to learn from Miraj in Maharashtra. In 1940, he moved to Dewas in Madhya Pradesh to recover from the advent of tuberculosis. During his time at Dewas, he developed a unique singing style.
Upakrama is one of three foundations founded by Bellagarve industrialist Vidya Murakumbi and her son Narendra Murkumbi. The construction of the school is part of the foundation’s celebration of the birth century of Pandit Kumar Gandharva, launched in 2024. Vidya Murkumbi said the foundation will continue to support the school.
publishing – April 2, 2025 at 12:05 pm IST
