Kesarbai Kerkar

Kesarbai Kerkar
Kesarbai Kerkar receiving Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in March 1953
Background information
Birth nameKesarbai Kerkar
Born(1892-07-13)13 July 1892
OriginKeri, Goa
Died16 September 1977(1977-09-16) (aged 85)
GenresHindustani classical music – Khayal
OccupationHindustani classical vocalist
Years active1930-1964

Kesarbai Kerkar (13 July 1892 – 16 September 1977) was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. A protege of Ustad Alladiya Khan (1855–1946), the founder of the gharana, from age sixteen, she went on to become one of the most noted khayal singers of the second half of the 20th century.

She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1953, followed by Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in India, in 1969.

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