Both the drums are played with the fingers and the palm of the hand. Over the centuries, several distinct gharanas in classical Indian tabla have developed, including Ajrara, Benares, Delhi ...

Born on 9 March, 1951, in Mahim, Mumbai, he was the eldest son of Ustad Allarakha, one of history's most iconic players of the tabla - a pair of traditional Indian hand played drums. Hussain's ...

Song: Oh, I can play the tabla drum And this is the way I play ... Story time: The Rajah’s Secret Once upon an Indian time… To hold attention on first hearing show the appropriate pictures ...

Legendary Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has died at the age of 73 on Sunday (Dec 15) in the United States. He died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease, at a hospital in ...