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Mumbai: As iconic musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is gearing up for his new fundraiser concert in Mumbai, titled 'Morning Raga' with the intent to maintain and sustain his 'Sarod Ghar' museum - the classical instrumentalist emphasises on the importance of the museum to keep our heritage alive for future generations. Sarod Ghar is located in Gwalior, the ancestral house of Khan's family who came from Kabul and settled in Gwalior state and received patronage of the Maharaja of Gwalior back then. The idea of turning his ancestral house into a museum came from his visit to the birthplace of Beethoven in Germany. Khan told IANS: "I think in our country, the museum culture is still not happening as much as that of the western world, especially for musicians. I know Tagore's heritage has been protected and people still can go to the museum can see his handwritten notes, and used things but at the same time, we could not preserve everything of Mirza Ghalib.  "When I visited that museum with my wife and saw how Beethoven's first piano, all his used things were preserved so nicely it left me with teary eyes. We also have greats in our country...why not preserve our music heritage?" He came back to India with the thought and with the assistance and support of the government, he turned the house into a museum. Interestingly, another veteran filmmaker-poet-lyricist Gulzar made a documentary on the house before it turned into a museum. Khan mentioned that apart from some of the special instruments like that of his first baby sarod and other musical instruments used by his father Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan, there are many musicians who also donated their instruments. "There are multiple iconic musicians who have contributed to our museum. For instan ...