All India Radio has been playing a very important role in the propagation and preservation of music in general and the rich classical music in particular. Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan was an annual music event organised all over the country that featured both eminent artistes and upcoming youngsters from the stream of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. This was started in 1955 and is a very prestigious and much sought after event for both artists and classical music lovers.
All India Radio organised Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan 2013 was on September 28. Eminent artistes of classical music performed in 30 cities across the nation. The event was held at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Raipur, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, lucknow, Dehradun, Patna, Pune, Rajkot, Rohtak, Shimla, Siliguri, Udaipur, Calicut, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Puducherry and Vijayawada. The concerts was in the evening at most of the places except at Jammu and Patna where it was held in the morning hours. Entry to these concerts was free. In Delhi, the event of Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan featured Pt Ulhas Kashalkar (vocal) and U Shrinivas (mandolin) at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Hall.