January 31, 2021 Legend: Pt Shivnath Mishra poured all his musicality into the instrument, developing what one can call the singing sitar style of playing Legend: Pt Shivnath Mishra poured all his musicality into the instrument, developing what one can call the singing sitar style of playing× How Pandit Shivnath Mishra founded the first sitar gharana of Banaras and took it to the world stage * Shivnath Mishra captured the essence of the gayaki — the singing style — of the Banaras gharana on his sitar, a style of playing often called the “first sitar gharana” of Banaras * His Academy of Indian Classical Music, an institution he founded in 1999, upholds the dignity of the