Thematic Page of Indian Stamps

Music, Dance & Drama

 

 

 

CARNATIC MUSIC

 

The Trinity of Carnatic Music

 

Muthuswami Dikshitar

(1775-1835)

 

Thyagaraja

 

 

Shyama Sastri

(1762-1827)

 

SG # 803 (1976)

SG # 433 (1961)

SG # 1174 (1985)

Issued in 1976 to mark Birth Centenary

Issued in 1961 in Commemoration

Issued in 1985 in Commemoration

 

 

PURANDARADASA

(15th- 16th Century)

 

SG # 481 (1964)

Issued in 1964 to mark 400th Anniversary

 

 

SWATI TIRUNAL RAMA VARMA

(1813-1846)

 

 SG # 1309 (1988)

Issued in 1988 in Commemoration

 

 

DWARAM VENKATASWAMI NAIDU

 

SG # 1553 (1993)

Issued in 1993 to mark Birth Centenary

 

 

ARIYAKUDI RAMANUJA IYENGAR

 

MUSRI SUBRAMANIA IYER

 

SG # 1452 (1991) SG # 1881 (1999)

 Issued in 1991 in Commemoration

Issued in 1999 - Modern Masters of Indian Classical Music

 

 

 

HINDUSTANI MUSIC

 

 

VISHNU DIGAMBAR PALUSKAR

 

USTAD ALLAUDDIN KHAN SAHEB

 

SG # 689 (1973) SG # 1880 (1999)

Issued in 1973 - Centenary Issue

Issued in 1999 - Modern Masters of Indian Classical Music

 

Begum Akthar

 

USTAD GHULAM ALI KHAN

 

SG # 1609 (1994) (2003)

Issued and withdrawn in 1994 - Centenary Issue

Issued in 2003

 

 

USTAD HAFIZ ALI KHAN

 

 SG # 1974 (2002)

Issued in 2002 in Commemoration

 

DANCE, DRAMA & BALLET

 

 

RUKMINI DEVI

(1904-1986)

 

 SG # 1283 (1987)

Issued in 1987 in Commemoration

 

 

VISHNU NARAYAN BHATKHANDE

(1860-1936)

 

BALGANDHARVA

(1888-1967)

SG # 442 (1961) SG # 1299 (1988)

Issued in 1961 to mark Birth Centenary

Issued in 1988 in Commemoration

 

 

 

UDAY SHANKAR

(1900-1977)

 

 SG # 897 (1978)

Issued in 1978 in Commemoration

 

 

WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC

 

BEETHoVEN

(1770-1827)

 

MOZART

SG # 627 (1970) SG # 1484 (1991)

Issued in 1970 to mark Birth Centenary

Issued in 1991 to mark 200 Death Anniversary

 

 

FRANZ SCHUBERT

(1797-1828)

 

FRYDERYK CHOPIN

SG # 907 (1978) SG # 1997 (2001)

Issued in 1978 to mark 150 Death Anniversary

Issued in 2001 in Commemoration

 

 

 

GEORGE FREDIRIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

&

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

 

 

Issued in 1985 to mark 300th Birth anniversary

 

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA

 

RUDRA VEENA

 

FLUTE

 

PAKHWAJ

 

SAROD

 

Issued in 1998 - Indian Musical Instruments Series

 

OTHERS

Sangeet Natak Academy

DANCE

 

DRAMA

 

MUSIC

 

 

Issued in 2003

 

 

IPTA

 

 SG # 1593 (1994)

Issued in 1994