Gwalior Gharana

Gwalior Gharana: The Gwalior Gharana was founded in the 19th century as a result of the perseverance of two determined people. After relocating to the darbar of the Lucknow maharajas, their illustrious successors were largely responsible for developing the style of khayal as it is known today. Due to its evident advantages of being the oldest, largest, and one of the most stable of all the surviving gharanas, Gwalior gharana is usually recognised as the parent of all gharanas. They are much more admired in this genre because of their distinctive features. Some of the more recent singers had made a wonderful effort by letting in non-family members, so establishing a more diverse group of performers, while others had stuck to their ancient clan of thinking for the gayaki style.