Chhannulal Mishra passes away: Hindustani Classical vocalist was 89; PM pays tribute

VARANASI: Pandit Chhannulal Mishra, a doyen of Hindustani classical euphony and Padma Vibhushan recipient, passed distant astatine the Mirzapur location of his girl Namrata Mishra pursuing a prolonged unwellness connected Thursday morning.

He was 89.“He was successful infirmary precocious for 17-18 days with age-related issues. He breathed his past astir 4 am,” his girl Namrata Mishra said. He is survived by his son, tabla subordinate Ramkumar Mishra, and 3 daughters. His woman and 1 of his daughters passed distant 4 years ago.Mishra, who had been sick for implicit 8 months, was admitted to SSL Hospital of BHU successful Varanasi connected Sept 13. Following betterment successful his condition, helium was discharged precocious and had been staying with Namrata.PM Modi termed Mishra’s decease “an irreparable nonaccomplishment for India’s euphony satellite and a idiosyncratic nonaccomplishment for me”. In a station connected X, helium said the renowned vocalist “remained dedicated passim his beingness to the enrichment of Indian creation and culture” and “also made invaluable contributions successful establishing Indian contented connected the satellite stage”.Modi said helium had the accidental to conscionable the vocalist respective times . He recalled Mishra was 1 of his proposers erstwhile helium contested LS polls from Varanasi for the archetypal clip successful 2014.

CM Yogi Adityanath called him “an inspiration” for practitioners of classical music.Mishra’s mortal remains were consigned to flames astatine Manikarnika Ghat pursuing a defender of honour.A pridefulness of the Banaras gharana, Mishra was not lone a maestro of Khayal benignant singing but besides took the eastbound thumri and ‘Purab Ang’ benignant to caller heights. Born connected Aug 3, 1936, successful Hariharpur colony of Azamgarh, Mishra received his archetypal acquisition successful euphony from his father, Badri Prasad Mishra.He learned the intricacies of classical euphony from Ustad Abdul Gani Khan of Kirana gharana. Mishra received galore awards and honours for his contributions successful the tract of music, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi grant successful 2000, Padma Bhushan successful 2010 and Padma Vibhushan successful 2020.