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Inside Pandit Jasraj’s Home of Music, Memory and Tradition

Inside Pandit Jasraj’s Home of Music, Memory and Tradition
Inside Pandit Jasraj’s home: From a ‘Wall of Honour’, zardozi peacock wall, to a 65-year-old tanpura · indianexpress.com

Pandit Jasraj was a famous Indian classical singer who died in 2020.

His family has kept his home filled with memories of his life and music.

His daughter Durga showed parts of the house in a video.

The living room has a shiny gold wall decorated with embroidered peacocks.

Another wall displays his portrait and three Padma awards.

A prayer room has a silver temple and a tanpura that is 65 years old.

The bedrooms use brighter colours, including yellow, teal, and rainbow designs.

A home expert said old family objects can make modern homes feel personal and meaningful.

Key facts

Home tour
Presented by Durga Jasraj for Pinkvilla Lifestyle Plus.
Decor palette
The main areas use beige, cream, and gold, while the bedrooms use brighter colours.
Wall of Honour
Features a 1969 portrait by M R Achrekar surrounded by Pandit Jasraj’s Padma awards.
Padma awards
Pandit Jasraj received the Padma Shri in 1975, Padma Bhushan in 1990, and Padma Vibhushan in 2000.
Prayer room
Includes a carved silver mandir, idols, brass diyas, floral garlands, and spiritual portraits.
Musical heirloom
A 65-year-old tanpura is placed beside the prayer-room altar.
Interior perspective
Rubeena Singh said heirlooms add memory, personal connection, individuality, and conscious consumption to contemporary homes.

Quotes

Rubeena Singh

Founder of The Verve Collective, interior stylist, and home decorator

“An old cabinet can be refurbished and sit beautifully in a contemporary room, a family textile can become a piece of art, or an inherited object can be styled in an entirely new context. For me, it is that combination of individuality, emotional value and conscious consumption that makes these pieces so relevant to contemporary homes today.”
indianexpress.com
“While they want their spaces to look beautifully considered, they don’t necessarily want them to feel like they have been picked straight out of a catalogue or showroom. An heirloom or inherited object brings something that simply cannot be replicated: a memory, a story and a personal connection.”
indianexpress.com

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