Today, the production is concentrated in the towns of Tarakeswar and Bishnupur, Bankura, near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
The Bishnupur Gharana (alternatively spelt Vishnupur Gharana) (pronounced as /biʃ.nu.pur gʱɔ.ra.na/) is a form of singing that follows the Dhrupad tradition of Hindustani music, one of the two forms of Indian classical music.
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The Dhrupad style of Bishnupur had a good deal of influence on many of the songs composed by Tagore.
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Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande first came across the Ustads of Bishnupur in a conference in Benaras around 1921/22 and this conference was attended by Radhika Prasad Goswami, Gopeswar Bandyopadhyay and Satyakinkar Bandyopadhyay.
Bishnupur is one of the four villages under the Parsa Pateli village development committee of Mahottari district in the Janakpur Zone of southern Nepal.
The British war hero, Major-General Orde Wingate, the founder of the Chindits force, died in a plane crash near Bishnupur while flying back from Chindit-held bases in Burma.
Later remained Principal of the Ramsaran Music College in Bishnupur.
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Gopeshwar Banerjee or Gopeshwar Bandopadhyay (1880-1963) was an Indian classical singer and musicologist, belonging to Bishnupur gharana of Hindustani music, which originated in Bishnupur in West Bengal.
Sons of Shiva is a 1985 award-winning American documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Robert Gardner and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God Shiva, features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a Sacred Thread ceremony in Bishnupur and Baul singers of Bengal.
Veer Hambir, also known as Bir Hambir, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Bishnupur in south-western Bengal from 1565-1620.
It is very popular with tourists who wish to travel to Bishnupur, Mukutmanipur, Jhilimili, Susunia Hills or Ayodhya Hills.
After a flood in the Ganga river and the subsequent submerging of the village, the industry moved to Bishnupur village in Bankura district.
The area around Bishnupur was called Mallabhum The core area would cover present day Bankura police station area (excluding Chhatna), Onda, Bishnupur, Kotulpur and Indas.