Musical tributes to be paid to Pathak on 100th birth anniv

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Musical tributes to be paid to Pathak on 100th birth anniv

HT Live Correspondent

Allahabad, July 13

 

EMINENT MUSICIAN Pandit Jagdish Narayan Pathak's 100th birth

anniversary will be celebrated here on July 15. He was the first

registrar of the Prayag Sangeet Samiti.

 

Talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, Dr Madhu Shukla, lecturer in

Prayag Sangeet Samiti and also co-ordinator of SPIC MACAY, Allahabad

chapter, said the Samiti would pay tributes to the Late vocalist by

conducting a cultural event in the evening which would be studded with

the performances of singer Parag Chaudhary from Aurangabad and sitar

recital by Sahitya Kumar Nahar.

 

"In the morning, pujan, archan and havan will take place in Vedic

style at Hatkeshwar temple, Mahajani Tola, the birth place of Pandit

Jagdish Narayan Pathak. Scholars and musicians will gather on the

occasion to pay tributes to the doyen in the field of Indian classical

music," said Dr Shukla.

 

Ratnakar Pathak, son of late Jagdish Narayan Pathak and also the owner

of Pathak Publications, was also present on the occasion.

 

Jagdish Narayan Pathak had joined Prayag Sangeet Samiti in 1949 and

under his guidance, the Samiti made tremendous progress. He also wrote

several books for music learners based on Indian classical music.

 

Pathak was held in very high esteem by his disciples who nearly

worshipped him because of his immense knowledge coupled with his

innate simplicity and humanity. He died on February 7, 1972 due to

brain haemorrhage.

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