Ganesh statue in Pt Shivkumar's family in Goa

Pt Shivkumar's parents house in Goa

Pandit Shivkumar comes from Goa-India, a beautiful land of nature and music.
He is a representant of the Gwalior Gharana in Hindustani Classical Music.

Pandit Shivkumar and Yuvraj
(next generation tabla player)

Goa is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population.

Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.

Every house follows the rich traditional values in Goa and in every house at least one person either sings, plays some instruments or takes part in theatre on local/state level.

It is very easy to get access to Indian culture just observing others. But as Goa is a very small region, the artists can't really survive in professional terms, so usually the artists move to the neighbouring state - Maharastra whose capital is Mumbai - where the infrastructure for this profession is available as well as the opportunity to learn more and have good possibilities to perform later.

 

Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla, is a small but exquisite 12th century Shiva temple of the lord Mahadeva and an active place of Hindu worship. It notable as the oldest temple in Goa, South India.
The temple was likely built c.1271 by Hemadri, the minister of the Yadava King Ramachandra. There are some interesting details about the Jain style construction which has led to debates about the actual origins of the temple, since the Kadamba Dynasty ruled Goa between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. The temple is built in the Hemadpanthi style from the finest weather-resistant grey-black basalt, carried across the mountains from the Deccan plateau and lavishly carved in situ by accomplished craftsmen.. It is considered to be the only specimen of Kadamba-Yadava architecture in basalt stone preserved and available in Goa. The temple has survived Muslim invasions and Portuguese persecution, in its almost perfect condition mainly due to its remote location in a clearing deep in the forest at the foot of the Western Ghats which surround the site in a sheer wall of impenetrable vegetation.

The most famous Mangesh Temple - Mangesh is a form of Lord Shiva

Goa Artists

Pandit Waze Buva


Layabhaskar Khapru Mama



Surshri Kesarbai Kerkar
(who has been awarded the "Surshri" title by the great Rabindranath Tagore)


Gantapasvini Mogubai Kurdikar


Smt Kishori Amonkar

Pandit Jai Krishna Bhatikar

Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki

Pandit Prabhakar Karekar

These are some names of the great artists in the field of hindustani classical
musicians from Goa.

Lata Mangeshkar - very famous singer from Goa

Mangeshkar family

Prahlād Keshav Atre (1898 – 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a multi-faceted Indian figure. He was a prominent Marathi writer, a poet, an educationist, a newspaper founder–editor , a political leader, a movie producer–director–script writer and above all, a noted orator.

Once Āchārya Atre had said that Maharastra sings by the voice of Goa.
Goan artists made so much difference in music in Maharastra.
Nature has been very kind for Goa to create great masters in hindustani classical field.


B.B. Borkar - great poet from Goa