'Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan' is held every year at
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'Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan' is held every year at
- A.
Mumbai
- B.
Amritsar
- C.
Agra
- D.
Jodhpur
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Concept: A named classical or light-classical music festival (a "Sangeet Sammelan") is instituted and organised by a specific city's cultural body in honour of a musician, and it continues to be held in that institution's home city year after year. Identifying where such a festival is held means identifying the host institution's city, not merely where the honoured musician lived or worked.
Application: The Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan is one of India's oldest continuously running Hindustani classical music festivals. It is organised every year by the Sur Singar Samsad, a Mumbai-based cultural association, and has been held in Mumbai since 1952 in honour of the 16th-century composer-saint Swami Haridas, the guru of the legendary musician Tansen.
Cross-check (why the other cities do not fit):
Agra falls within the Vrindavan-Mathura (Braj) region that Swami Haridas is historically associated with, but the Sammelan bearing his name is organised by a Mumbai-based institution and held there, not in Agra or elsewhere in the Braj belt — the honouree's own regional association is not the same as the host city of the memorial festival.
Amritsar's defining cultural landmark is the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) and its Sikh devotional-music tradition; it has no connection to this Hindustani classical Sammelan.
Jodhpur is known for its own desert and folk-music festivals, not for hosting this particular Hindustani classical event.
The Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan is held every year in Mumbai.