Located in Malleswaram, Bangalore, Sangraha is a treasure trove of rare music recordings as well as books related to music, many of which are out of print. Sangraha has a collection of about 5,000 hours of music from live concerts. Some recordings date back to the 1920s - such as those of Mysore Vasudevachar and Bidaram Krishnappa. The book section of the library has over 1000 books on classical music - journals, biographies, dictionaries, monographs, information on allied arts, many of which are not available anywhere else.

Arguably, the first of its kind in Karnataka, the compilation of Indian Classical Music has been made for students or aspiring musicians who visit Sangraha for reference work and for aficionados who visit Sangraha to listen to these rare recordings. The ambience and decor of Sangraha have been designed to heighten the listening pleasure of the discerning music lover.

Sangraha is also equipped with facilities for digitization and cataloguing of these recordings so that they are preserved for posterity. Sangraha furnishes biographical details of musicians for reference.

Sangraha is open to the public on payment of a nominal fee.

Sangraha enriched (25 Dec 04)
Ananya acknowledges with deep sense of gratitude the generous contribution of Smt. Lalit Rao and Sri Jayawant Rao of rare Hindustani classical music recordings of over 60 prominent artistes including Abdul Karim Khan, Balagandharv, Dagar brothers, Ginde, Hirabai Barodekar, Bismillah Khan, Gangubai Hanagal, Mansur, Pt. Ravishankar and many others.