Renowned classical singer Pandit Jasraj passed away
Noted classical singer Pandit Jasraj has died on Monday in America. He was 90 years old.
Pandit Jasraj’s granddaughter Meenakshi has confirmed her death with BBC’s associate journalist Madhu Pal.
His family has issued a statement saying that he died of a heart attack at his home in New Jersey, USA.
He died at 5.15 am local time.
Pandit Jasraj, who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, was born into a family of musicians. He was introduced to music by his father Pandit Motiram.
His father died when Jayaraj was only four years old. After this, his brother and Guru Pandit Maniram started his music education.
Pandit Jasraj had a relationship with the Mewati Gharana of music, which was started by Pandit Ghagg Nazir Khan of Jodhpur. Pandit Jasraj’s father had studied music from his disciple Pandiya Nathulal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mourned his demise and said that “his death has caused irreparable damage to Indian classical music. His music was excellent in itself. He also made a mark for many singers as an extraordinary mentor.” My condolences to his family and fans. “
President Ramnath Kovind has expressed grief over his death on social media and said that “Pandit Jasraj has been singing for almost eight decades”.
‘I do not believe I have any contribution in the field of music’
Pandit Jasraj shared some interesting things in a conversation with BBC Hindi in 2005. You can read this interview here.
About his musical journey in this interview, Pandit Jasraj had said, “It is very difficult to say how many breaths to take, how many programs to do. I do not believe that I have any contribution in the field of music. Where I sing . I have not done anything. I am only a medium. All is the grace of God and my brother and love of people. “
“Many a times it happens that I start searching for singing and singing, I am searching to find a note from somewhere. On that day people say that you have seen God today and the day I think I have very Well sung, someone asks, Panditji, what happened today. “
“But yes, I believe that every artist, who was born in this country and who has made his place, has a big contribution to music. Only those people can rightly say that. Don’t know
On the experiments on classical music, Pandit Jasraj had said, “It is not the subject of any great debate from my point of view. New artists have made their place by working hard at their level and today a large number are listening to such artists.” . ” “Many artists have increased the spread of classical music through their work and people all over the world are listening to them, this is a positive sign.”
