
Indian Navy tableau and brass band at Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path, in Delhi
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The Indian Navy's ceremonial tableau proceeds along Kartavya Path during India's annual Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.
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The xylophone is made out of gun barrels - the real sound of India with the most sophisticated classical band developed by Ustad Allauddin Khan of Madhya Pradesh. The Maihar Band is an instrumental musical group in the Indian city of Maihar that performs both Indian and western music. After an epidemic orphaned many children, Ustad Allauddin Khan, a musician of the Maihar court who was moved by the tragedy, taught them how to play music and formed an orchestral group later known as the Maihar Band. The ruling prince, Braj Nath Singh, cooperated and helped Allauddin Khan in procuring and preparing required instruments. Baobab (as the musician was lovingly referred to) tested each student and trained them to play a particular instrument. He used jal tarang initially, but replaced it with Nal
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