Tana and Riri
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Tana and Riri were two Indian girls who were asked to sing in the court of Akbar. When Akbar's court poet and singer, Tansen, was affected by the burns of the Deepak raag, he came to Vadnagar and was cured by the Raag Malhaar sung by Tana and Riri. When they were asked to sing at Akbar's court, which they could not do as Brahmins, they committed suicide by drowning in a well. They chose to do this rather than to refuse, which would have caused a war-like situation in their town.
The twins were from a northern town known as Vadnagar near Visnagar in the state of Gujarat. It is believed that the late sarod master Pandit Vasant Rai was a great great grand nephew of the legendary sisters. Through family history it is not confirmed that if Tana and Riri were twins.
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