Gondhal ceremony--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Devotional ritual music to Hindu Goddess Amba. Standing behind a mandhab, vocal ensemble musicians with instruments (left to right): Jagannath Tite (tuṇtuṇe), Bhagvan Renake (jālra), and R. H. Garuda (sambal). A flame, incense and objects are on the left.
Jāgran (Vāghyā Muralī)--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Behind the mandhab, Mānik Bāī gestures and holds a tuṇtuṇe, and a musician sings and plays jālra, during a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba. A flame and objects are on the left.
Partly loaded jeep for a field trip, at the entrance to the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, on the premises of the American Institute of Indian Studies at Deccan College. The head of the driver, Ram Gaekwad, is visible at the back of the jeep. Umashankar Mantravadi, member of the Bake Restudy team, is on the right.
Kalpana Bandiwdekar, Archive Assistant at the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology (left), and Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy at the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, on the premises of the American Institute of Indian Studies.
Gondhal ceremony--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Three musicians perform a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā and Goddess Amba. Standing behind a mandhab, musicians (left to right): Jagannath Tite (tuṇtuṇe), Bhagvan Renake (jālra), and R. H. Garuda (sambal). A flame, incense and objects are on the left.
Gondhal ceremony--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Three musicians perform a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba. Standing behind a mandhab, musicians (left to right): R. H. Garuda, singing (sambal), Bhagvan Renake, (jālra), and Jagannath Tite, singing (tuṇtuṇe). A flame, incense and objects are on the right.
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy (front, right) and others beside the partly loaded jeep at the entrance to the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, on the premises of the American Institute of Indian Studies at Deccan College.
Gondhal ceremony--Inauguration of the Archives. Close-up view of musician R. H. Garuda (sambal) performing a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jagran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba.
Jāgran (Vāghyā Muralī)--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Saraswathi Swaminathan, archivist, takes notes from Gondhal musicians, including the dancer Mānik Bāī, on the occasion of a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba. Sony PCM digital audio recording equipment is on the table behind them.
The Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology Bake Restudy team beside the jeep, loaded for the field trip: Umashankar Mantravadi; Ashok Ranade, associate director; Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy; Saraswathi Swaminathan, archivist (in yellow); library assistant (unidentified); Kalpana Bandiwdekar, archive assistant; and M. D. Bhandare, American Institute of Indian Studies staff member.
