The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remembered Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on his 100th birth anniversary.
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Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922 – 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists 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).
Joshi belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music.
In 1998, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.
He received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2009.
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