Pandit Kishan Maharaj Biography In English Pdf Life Story 1923 – 2008

Pandit Kishan Maharaj Biography In English

Birth Details –

Place – Banaras, Banaras State, British India

Date of Birth – 3 September 1923

Marital Status: Married

Nationality – Indian

Pandit Kishan Maharaj Biography in English

Physical Appearance –

Eye Color –  Black

Hair Color – Black

Family –

Father- Hari Maharaj

Wife- Bina Devi

Daughters – Puran Maharaj, Anjali, Purnima and Indira.

Teacher – Kanthe Maharaj

Early Life –

• Kishan Maharaj ji was born in Kabir Chaura, Banaras in a family of professional musicians.
• He was initially trained in classical music by his father Hari Maharaj.
• After his father’s death, his training was taken over by his uncle Kanthe Maharaj.
• He was married to Bina Devi, niece of tabla player Pt.
• He earned a reputation for performing on several occasions, including the Commonwealth Arts Festival in Edinburgh and the UK in 1965.
• His disciples include Pandit Kumar Bose, Pandit Balkrishna Iyer, Sukhwinder Singh Namdhari and other names among the well-known tabla players of the present time.

Impressive personality –

• Respected late Pandit Kishan Maharaj was rich in impressive personality, a red tikka was always on his forehead, when he used to go to music gatherings, the music gatherings would become full of rhythm, songs, speed and musicality like Gandharva gatherings.
• Although the method of sitting in padmasan is prevalent for playing tabla, but late Pandit Kishan Maharaj ji used to play sitting on both the knees.
• In his young age, Pandit ji played tabla in many films, among which films like Neecha Nagar, Aandhiyan, Badi Maa etc. are prominent.
• It is said that a great artist is also a great human being, such was the great respected late Pandit Kishan Maharaj ji, he went on a hunger strike to set up a Doordarshan Kendra in Banaras and also emphasized the wavering policy of the government towards sangat artistes. protested.

Career-

• By the time he was eleven, Kishan Maharaj started performing in concerts.
• Within a few years, Kishan Maharaj was sharing the stage with stalwarts like –
• Fayaz Khan
• Omkarnath Thakur
• Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
• Bhimsen Joshi
• Ravi Shankar
• Ali Akbar Khan
• Vasant Rai
• Vilayat Khan
• Girija Devi
• Sitara Devi.
• Maharaj had the ability to play cross-rhythms and perform complex calculations, especially in triplet patterns.
• Known as an excellent accompanist, Maharaj was extremely versatile and capable of playing with any accompaniment, be it sitar, sarod, dhrupad, dhamar or even dance.

• Maharaj gave many solo concerts during his career and also provided ‘accompanist’ to some great dancers like –
• Shri Shambhu Maharaj
• Sitara Devi
• Nataraja Gopi Krishna
• Birju Maharaj.

cool lifestyle

• Kishan Maharaj’s way of living life was very cool. He always saw life in the mirror of ‘today’ and lived as per his wish.
• Strolling around the locality in lungi kurta and gathering with friends at the betel shop remained his pastime.
• If he wished, he made Bhairon Sardar sit with him on the ekke and drove the mare. When he regained his health, he kicked off the Kinetic Honda and took a tour of the whole city.

Likes And Dislikes

• Kishan Maharaj also had his own style of food. Dal, roti, rice with chhena or banana and bottle gourd chaap were his favourite.
• Sattu was also eaten two to three days a week in the afternoon during the summer season.
• He did not like the traditional Banarasi breakfast puri-kachori. Sometimes, in a party, Pandit ji was seen spreading fire even in pant-shirt.
• But Aligarhi pajama and kurta was his favorite outfit.
• Pandit ji, who was fond of diving, kite flying and hunting, was also very interested in cricket and hockey.

Awards –

• 1973 – Padma Shri
• 2002 – Padma Vibhushan
• 1972 – Sangeet Natak Akademi

other information  –

• Death – 4 May 2008
• Place – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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