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ShareVadodara: On Thursday, students of Faculty of Performing Arts of MSU were a disappointed lot. They had never imagined that they would see an 8-ft tall compound wall around the tomb a musician who was one of the navratnas of Gaekwads. It was the 59th death anniversary of Ustad Faiyaz Khan, a renowned musician in the court of Gaekwads.
The students, along with their teachers, went to the tomb located near Bahucharaji crematorium in Karelibaug to pay homage to the sangeet guru. They were, however, hugely disappointed when they saw the compound wall. They have demanded that a gate be installed so that the followers of the famous musician could go near the tomb to pay homage.
"The tomb of Ustad is like a place of pilgrimage for all who are committed to music. I visit this place regularly, but it is for the first time that I have seen the compound wall around the tomb. We are sad as we could not pay homage to Ustad of the century on his death anniversary," said Rajesh Kelkar, a faculty teacher.
The students and the teachers had to pay their homage by throwing flowers from outside the compound wall. This tomb has been already visited by music personalities like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Ravi Shankar and Lata Mangeshkar.
Ustad Faiyaz Khan was a well-known exponent of Agra Gharana in Hindustani classical music. He was the master khayal vocalist of his time. Born at Sikandara near Agra in 1886, he was the son of Shabr Hussain, who died three months before his birth. He was brought up by his maternal grandfather.
Ghulam Abbas taught him music till he was 25. He served for a long time as the court musician of Baroda, where he was awarded 'Gyan Ratna' while the Maharaja of Mysore awarded him the title of 'Aftab-e-Mousiqui'.Faiyaz Khan's specialties were raagdhrupad and khayal, but he was also capable of singing thumari and ghazal. Some of his best-known students are Dilip Chan Bedi and Ratajankar.
