RIKHIRAM

The traditional musical instrument invented and developed by him became the part of life of his contemporaries, renowned maestros and leading personalities like Ustad Fayyaz Khan Sahib, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saheb and Pt. Onkar Nath Thakur and many more maestros. Pandit Rikhi Ram became the eyes of these eminent personalities, without whom they could not see. Simply by seeing Rikhi Ram humbly sitting in the audience, performers would have immense boost of confidence about their instruments and would continue to improvise unworriedly. Worthwhile to say, in the absence of one, the other is incomplete. The success of performance equally depends upon the efficiency of musical instruments. Not many know that Late Rikhi Ram Sharma was one of the three founders of Lahore Museum and looked after it for many years. He was associated with many top government officials, top judiciary servicemen and many kings of northern pre-partitioned India during his special responsibility job there. He..

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