Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale (1918 – 20 July 2014) was a

Hindustani 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, sit ...

vocalist, instrumentalist, and music educator. Shaligram was born in

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. Gokhale performed all over Hindustan (India and Pakistan) before partition. Her '' gayaki'' had the traditional elements of the Jaipur-Atrauli ''gharana'' with the ''swar''–''lagav'' which was influenced by the Kirana ''gharana''. Padmavati''tai'' was also a teacher and trained numerous disciples. Some of them are Kedar Naphade, Shubhada Paradkar, Sunita Tikare, Anita Sundararajan, Geeta Javdekar, and others. Her style bears distinctive gayaki of Alladiya Khan's style. ITC SRA rediscovered Padmavati Shaligram for the

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audience after decades, on the

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year of her singing career in November 2005. 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 Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal (अखिल भारतीय गान्धर्व महाविद्यालय मंडल, "All India Music University Board") is an institution for the promotion and propagation of Indi ...

. Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale presented two compositions set to Teentaal in Shuddha Sarang without using Madhyams. Gokhale contributed to the acceptance and respect of ''

Thumri Thumri () is a vocal genre or style of Indian music. The term "thumri" is derived from the Hindi verb ''thumuknaa'', which means "to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle." The form is, thus, connected with dance, dra ...

.'' She died at the age of 96 on 20 July 2014 in

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{{reflist ITC Entertainment Hindustani classical music albums Hindustani music Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Gharana Jaipur gharana Thumri 1918 births 2014 deaths