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 Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

Life and career

Babanrao Haldankar was the son of painter Sawlaram Haldankar (1882–1968), and has won awards through his career. and was an Adjunct Professor of Indian Music at the

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Education

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

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, in 1959, and studied under him for 20 years. Grimes, p. 280 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 and Devaki Pandit.

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Pandit Babanrao Haldankar, website
Hindustani singers 2016 deaths University of Mumbai faculty Indian music educators 1927 births Singers from Mumbai Agra gharana 20th-century Indian male classical singers 21st-century Indian male classical singers {{India-singer-stub