Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar is a musician associated with which instrument?

Explanation

Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar, born in 1970, is one of the leading players of the rudra veena in India today. He belongs to the Dagar family, the most famous family of dhrupad musicians, which has kept the dhrupad tradition alive for many generations.

Bahauddin Dagar is the son of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929-1990), the great rudra veena player who did much to revive the instrument in the 20th century. Zia Mohiuddin Dagar changed the design of the rudra veena, making it larger, with bigger gourds and thicker strings, so that it could produce a deeper and richer sound suitable for the slow and meditative dhrupad alap. Bahauddin Dagar began learning from his father as a child, and after his father's death he continued his training with his uncle, the singer Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar. He performs widely in India and abroad and has worked to keep the rudra veena, which has very few players, alive.

The rudra veena, also called the been, is one of the oldest stringed instruments of Hindustani music. It has a long, hollow wooden or bamboo tube (the dand), with two large gourds (tumbas) attached beneath it, and it is played by plucking the strings. Its name links it with Rudra, a form of Lord Shiva, who according to tradition created the instrument. It is closely associated with dhrupad, the oldest form of Hindustani classical music, and a rudra veena player is called a beenkar. Other famous players include Ustad Asad Ali Khan.

The Dagar family's famous singers include the Dagar Brothers, such as Nasir Moinuddin and Nasir Aminuddin Dagar, and Zahiruddin and Faiyazuddin Dagar.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Sarod is linked with Amjad Ali Khan and Ali Akbar Khan.
• ✗Santoor is linked with Shivkumar Sharma.
• ✗Sarangi is linked with Ram Narayan and Sultan Khan.