I was reading about the other gharanas and maestros of Pakhawaj and I think it will be another topic of interest for the readers, especially the instances which are ‘supernatural’ and are also recorded at various sources. For example, Kudau Singh Maharaj throwing pakhawaj in the air while playing and producing thaap on it or again Kudau Singh Maharaj controlling a mad elephant by playing pakahwaj.
There are numerous such instances in the history of Pakhawaj which are beyond our understanding and logical approach. The explanation of such instances are either with the pakhawaj player or with the Lord himself.
There is one such instance which is recorded in the pothi of Pt. Cheda Ram Ji of Mathura. Kudau Singh Ji was appointed as the pakhawaj player of the Datia Darbar. During this period another pakahwaji, Babu Jodha Singh Ji went to Datia and challenged Kudau Singh Ji. The competition went on for seven days and it was difficult to take a decision because Babu Jodha Singh Ji also was a brilliant pakahwaj player. Therefore to save his reputation, on seventh day, Kudau Singh Ji prayed to Goddess Kali for help who was very kind on him. Goddess inspired him to play a magnificent chakkardar paran which had three dha in it. Kudau Singh Ji while playing this paran in the darbar, threw up the pakhawaj in the air after stroking two dha and third dha resonated automatically while the pakhawaj was still in the air. Babu Jodha Singh Ji tried to play this paran but obviously could not do so and got defeated.
According to Acharya Brihaspati and Hakim Mohammad Karam Emam, this instance happened at the Lucknow Darbar and not Datia however this is sure that this instance sure did happen but how? Is it not supernatural?
Nishant Sharma
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