Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram

Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale (1918 – 20 July 2014) was a Hindustani music vocalist, instrumentalist, and music educator.[1]

Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram
A young South Asian woman wearing a light-colored sari, seated, arms around a large stringed instrument
Padmavati Shaligram, from the cover of a 1937 issue of The Indian Listener
Born1918
Kolhapur
Died20 July 2014
Mumbai
Occupation(s)Musician, singer

Shaligram was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Gokhale performed all over Hindustan (India and Pakistan) before partition.[2] Her gayaki had the traditional elements of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana with the swarlagav which was influenced by the Kirana gharana. Padmavatitai was also a teacher and trained numerous disciples. Some of them are Kedar Naphade, Shubhada Paradkar, Sunita Tikare, Anita Sundararajan, Geeta Javdekar, and others.[3] Her style bears distinctive gayaki of Alladiya Khan's style.[4]

ITC SRA rediscovered Padmavati Shaligram for the Kolkata audience after decades, on the platinum jubilee year of her singing career in November 2005.[5] She received "Sangeet Natak Academy Award" in 1988 by Govt. of India. she is also the recipient of, Kalidas Award in 1994–95, Award from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal. Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale presented two compositions set to Teentaal in Shuddha Sarang without using Madhyams.[6]

Gokhale contributed to the acceptance and respect of Thumri. She died at the age of 96 on 20 July 2014 in Mumbai.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Sunita Tikare". www.sunitatikare.in. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ Freeman (19 January 2012). "Indian Classical Music: Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram". Indian Classical Music. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Padmavati Shaligram-Gokhale | Jaipur Gunijankhana". Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ Ray, Bharati (15 September 2005). Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 978-81-321-0264-9.
  5. ^ Delhi, All India Radio (AIR), New (8 October 1950). THE INDIAN LISTENER: Vol. XV. No. 41. (8th OCTOBER 1950). All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Pradhan, Aneesh. "Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale and Shivkumar Sharma perform raag Shuddha Sarang". Scroll.in. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Padmavati Shaligram-Gokhale | Jaipur Gunijankhana". Retrieved 29 October 2021.