Pta.Padmavati Shaligram- Raag Todi

Born in 1918 in Kolhapur, Padmavati Shaligram is one of the senior most vocalists of Hindustani music. She was groomed in the Jaipur - Atrauli tradition by her father and uncle who were students of the legendary Alladiya Khan, the founder of the gharana. She has been performing in public since she was thirteen and climbed to the height of success and glory very early in life.
She has been a top ranked performer with the All India Radio, besides featuring in numerous concerts in both the northern and southern states of the country. In her era, she has been instrumental in paving the way for classical music to be sung by women from higher social classes and also in contributing greatly to the acceptance and respect of thumri among connoisseurs of classical music.
She has received the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1988 which is the highest award for arts in India awarded by the Govt. of India. She has been awarded the Kalidas Award in 1994-1995 and also by Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal.
She has performed all over India and Pakistan before partition. Ustad Alar Khan used to accompany her. She has also acted in at least 4 Hindi, Marathi and Telugu movies. (From ITC-SRA website)

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This kind of simplicity and involvement in the act of singing makes her another great exponent of Jaipur Atrauli gharana.

[@IrfanZuberi1980]

Aha, kya baat hai! The phirat in Padmavati Tai's taans is as impressive as the clarity of expression of the raga swarup... incredibly complete rendition within a span of 19 minutes! 🙂

[@SowmyaBhat]

Wah! So beautiful... Emotive & yet such crisp & clear taans! Greatness of Pta. Padmavati Shaligram.

[@aknind]

Oh, what a melodious voice ! how beautiful the style is ! One quality cannot be expressed with a foreign word and that is 'Munshiyana' ( মুনসীয়ানা), not equivalent to style. What priceless gem we have lost ! We should feel indebted to science to get such precious voices for ever.

[@PokriPoki]

A couple recordings by her uncle and Guru Pt Govindbua Shaligram can be found here
Rag Shahana - czcams.com/video/LopScKJumrM/video.html
Rag Malkauns - czcams.com/video/UAGYT6IjJr4/video.html

[@hemantghayal7709]

Bajo Re Mammadsa is the Bandish.

[@RajivChakravarti]

Thanks, do you have the other Bhairavi piece mentioned by the announcer as well? Please post more of Padmavati-ji, if you have pieces.

[@parmjeetsinghsarkar]

For me it is Bilaaskhani Todi !!

[@aknind]

Why ?