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Birth name | Srikrishna Babanrao Haldankar |
Born | 1927 India |
Died | 17 November 2016 (aged 89) |
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Srikrishna Haldankar (1927 – 17 November 2016), better known as Babanrao Haldankar, was an Indian classical singer, composer, and music teacher of Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music. [1]
Babanrao Haldankar was the son of painter Sawlaram Haldankar (1882–1968), and has won awards through his career. [2] and was an adjunct professor of Indian Music at the University of Mumbai. [3] [4]
He had studied under Jaipur Gharana's doyenne Mogubai Kurdikar in 1950s but had a preference for Agra Gharana. Accordingly, he switched to Ustad Khadim Hussain of Agra gharana, who settled in Mumbai from Jaipur, in 1959, and studied under him for 20 years. [5] Babanrao Haldankar himself was a much sought after guru, and he taught many of the prominent artists coming up towards the end of 20th Century, including Arun Kashalkar, Devaki Pandit and Pournima Dhumale.