Google doodles Ustad Alla Rakha's 95th birthday

April 29, 2014 08:44

The two Os on the Google logo turn into a tabla to commemorate the 95th birth anniversary of one of the greatest players of the Indian musical instrument.

With the trademark smile on his lips Ustad Alla Rakha appears on the Google India home page tapping a taal.

Reverentially called Abbaji, Alla Rakha was born on April 29, 1919 in Phagwal, Jammu.

His full name is Allarakha Qureshi Khansaheb.

He traced his musical lineage to the the Punjab gharana and was responsible for bringing the tabla to the non-Indian audiences while as an accompanist to another Indian musical legend, Ravi Shankar.

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