Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Jayanti
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the legendary vocalist, is being rerembered on his birth anniversary on 4th February.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922 –2011) was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition.
He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs).
Bhimsen Joshi belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music.
Bhimsen Joshi was instrumental in organising the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival annually, as homage to his guru, Pandit Sawai Gandharva.