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Tana RiriThe Vadnagar(near Ahmedabad in Gujararat state of India) is a town of considerable importance in Gujarati history. It is the center of the Naggar Brahmin community that has provided Gujarat with some of her best administrators, poets, writers and musicians. 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 Akhbar asked the two girls to sing in his court, something they could not do as Brahmins, they committed suicide(drown in the well) rather than refuse which would create a war like situation in their town.
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