Amarnath Misra was associated with the Sankatmochan Hanuman Temple in Benares, and was a knowledgeable and majestic drummer of the Kudau Singh tradition. In 1948, along with Kishan Maharaj and Asutosh Bhattacharya, he was responsible for creating the Shri Sankatmochan Sangeet Mahotsava, a well-known Benares music festival. Among his many students are Shrikant Misra, Manik Munde and Phil Hollenbeck. In this excerpt from the opening moments of a dhrupad composition on bin in chautal, Amarnath Misra plays a long, introductory mohra.