<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Milind's Grand father and Guru late Pt. Shankarrao Kanhere was an accomplished jalatarang player from satara,a small town in Maharashtra, India. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A graded artist of all India Radio. He played in numerous concerts all over India and popularised the instrument. He was trained in music by latePt. Dattopant Mangalwedhekar from Pandharpur. Aesthetic development of a raga structure and command of rhythm were the highlights of his style. He has written a book on this instrument , published by Sanget-karyalay, Hatharas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Born and brought up in a family with "Musical Background" Milind started learning music from a very tender age. His grand father Late Pandit Shankar Kanhere who was a famous Jaltarang player influenced Milind in taking up this unusual dying instrument , the JALTARANG. Along with that Milind is proficient in playing Santoor, Tabla and Harmonium. His mother who is a vocalist has seen to it that along with a good instrumentalist he is a good singer too. Presently he is a disciple of SITAR maestro Ustad Shahid Parwez.</span></p>