Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Pt. Janardan Mitta is a Chennai-based Hindustani Classical sitarist. He was a senior student of the late sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar. Having been the first Hindustani musician to have performed at the Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival at Tiruvaiyyaru in 1976, he was also awarded the title ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Sri Sarada Peetham, Sringeri. He has also been one of the few distinguished musicians to have performed at the United Nations in 1971.
Pt. Janardan Mitta was a featured artiste at the FEA-curated and produced CUSP festival held in Chennai early last year. In this video he performs Raag Vasant Pancham. He is accompanied by the young and talented Tejovrush Joshi on tabla. Tanpura support is provided by panditji's student Kumari Shankara RS.
Pt. Janardan Mitta is a Chennai-based Hindustani Classical sitarist. He was a senior student of the late sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar. Having been the first Hindustani musician to have performed at the Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival at Tiruvaiyyaru in 1976, he was also awarded the title ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Sri Sarada Peetham, Sringeri. He has also been one of the few distinguished musicians to have performed at the United Nations in 1971.
Pt. Janardan Mitta was a featured artiste at the FEA-curated and produced CUSP festival held in Chennai early last year. In this video he performs Raag Vasant Pancham. He is accompanied by the young and talented Tejovrush Joshi on tabla. Tanpura support is provided by panditji's student Kumari Shankara RS.
