By Admin 
Many times, big stories of history are born from very small places. The story of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the great practitioner of Hindustani classical music, started from a simple gramophone shop. In his childhood, listening to the songs played on the gramophone while returning from school was such a preparation for him, which later made him the king of the world of tunes. The ragas he heard while standing in the same shop strengthened his confidence to become a musician.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 in Gadag district of Karnataka. He was the eldest in his family, and the atmosphere at home was related to studies and discipline. His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a scholar of languages, but no one in the family was associated with music.
Despite this, Bhimsen’s mind was drawn towards tunes since childhood. While returning from school he would often stop in front of gramophone and transistor shops. He would listen carefully to the records playing there and then try to hum the same tunes. The gramophone shop became the first ‘music class’ of his life.
Due to his passion for music, he left home at the age of just 11. He set out in search of a guru. At that age, there was no idea of the destination, no understanding of the path, there was only a passion within to learn music. During this time he wandered in many cities. Sometimes he sang outside temples, sometimes in the streets.
In this search, he met the great Guru Pandit Sawai Gandharva. He clearly told Bhimsen that if he wanted to learn from him, he would have to forget whatever he had learned till now. Bhimsen Joshi accepted this condition without any hesitation and from here his real musical practice began.
In 1941, at the age of 19, he performed on stage for the first time. There was both strength and emotion in his voice. After this he reached Mumbai and started working as a radio artist. His voice started reaching every corner of the country through radio. At the age of 20, his first album was released, which gave him a distinct identity in the classical music world.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is considered a great artist of Khayal singing. He had a strong command over ragas like Darbari, Malkauns, Todi, Yaman, Bhimpalasi, Lalit and Shuddh Kalyan. Along with classical music, he also sang bhajans and vitthals. There was the same simplicity and depth in his singing, which was sometimes visible in his eyes while standing at the gramophone shop.
For his significant contribution, he was awarded Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and in 2008, the country’s highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi died on 24 January 2011 after a prolonged illness.
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