The raw voice of Ibrahim Thuruthy resonates from a music system in the upper gallery of Durbar Hall Art Gallery in Kochi. Many ask, who Ibrahim Thuruthy? Only a few know this unsung singer of Fort Kochi, who dedicated his life to music.
Unlike celebrated musicians who find their place under the sun, there is the unknown musician who has devoted his life to promoting, propagating, or just carrying forward an ancestral tradition. ‘Qawwali’, an exhibition of photographs, by photojournalist Madhuraj is a paean to these little-known musicians.
