काशी का घाट, शोक में भी उल्लास का गीत और अध्यात्म… शिवत्व में विलीन हो गए पंडित छन्नूलाल मिश्र

The ghat of Varanasi… Rang-Abir, Gulal has a dyed face. Somewhere there is echo of the birha and somewhere there is a drunkenness. In this way, all these colors are buried in a white bubble. Now there is a different whiteness everywhere. Echoes in the middle of these …

Lakhi beautiful shade, removes color from the mind,
Chita Bhasma Jhori Digambar, Hori in Khele Masane

That is, looking at the beautiful Phaguni Chhata, the gulal of different colors has been removed from the mind, they have been colored in the same white and have jumped between Digambar Masan by filling such a white consumer of the pyre and are playing Holi fiercely.

If there is any beautiful combination of gaiety and spirituality in these lines, then they are famous classical singer Chhannulal Mishra… With the mend-stuff of his size, alap and words, he creates such a way that as if Digambar Baba Bhole Bhandari really makes the ashes and wants to give color to the Banarasi Aghori Hurriyars and just want to color all the creation.

These magic, this music, this music used to create a divine feeling, Pandit Chhannulal Mishra …

In the year 2018, there was an album as a heritage of classical music, ‘Tesu’s flowers’, Hori … can be heard in Masane played in it.

Hariharpur is a village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, Kilkari echoed the house of Pt. Badriprasad Mishra, one afternoon of August 3, 1936. The child has been there, so big plates of flowers and trees were played and with this big plate ceremony, the child made such a buzzing voice that the father understood that the inheritance has come. With love, the name of the child, the name of Chhannu, he became Chhannulal. Music was inherited, inherited the tone, inherited the power to do spiritual practice and moved towards Chhannulal Mishra Varanasi, following this capital of heritage.

Understand that as Kabir met Guru Ramanand on the stairs, Chhannulal Mishra took the feet of the grocery gharana’s Ustad Abdul Gani Khan and took his discipleship, but the fortune was still written. One day, singing the young Chhannulal, the famous musician late Padmabhushan Thakur Jaydev Singh heard and recognized his immense potential and took him under his guidance. This led to a respected form of the Guru-disciple tradition, in which the bond between the teacher and the disciple strengthened and the singing of Panditji reached the dimension where the singing is no longer, it becomes a mantra. If such a mantra is proved, then it takes it to a state of meditation.

When there is a confluence of the specialties of all the houses in singing
Pandit Chhannulal Mishra’s ability to adulterate the styles of different houses in its unique style makes him different. His lyrical presentations are inspired by the beautiful ornaments of the grocery Badhat and Patiala Gharana, due to which there is a sweet combination of Punjab and East styles. Apart from this, a spiritual depth also brings a glimpse in their music. This glimpse crosses the boundaries of gharana styles and then all the differences disappear, the existence of houses enhances the beauty of singing, but when singing starts moving towards spirituality, then it starts to erase all the distinctions. Difference of language, distinction of caste, distinction of notes, distinction of high and low. If it remains, only one joy … The same universal spirituality, singing of Panditji has been a sign of this universality. This combination of traditions and spirituality has made him a unique personality in Indian classical and semi-classical music.

Banarasi Ganga and the desire to keep the song
An anecdote of Panditji’s Banaras love and dedication to the Ganges is very famous. He has also been a proposer for PM Modi. Although he had denied this earlier, he agreed after meeting Amit Shah. Later, when he became a proponent, he said only one thing- keep Banaras, music and Ganga in the district. However, he was unhappy at the condition of Ganga many times.

Grief … which once reflected on stage
Well, sorrow was even bigger about his music. During one of his programs held in Delhi, he had said from the stage that only two organs of Thumri were left alive in music. While the genre of Thumri is endowed with 12 different types of thummer. Singers neither sing nor tell. You will not sing-you will not sing, if you forget, what will the listener remember. Then Pandit ji told all 12 types. In this way, the music ceremony in which Panditji has a presentation, then it was not just a ceremony, it would become a class of music.

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra has been awarded several awards and honors in honor of his musical talent. He was awarded the special title of the top grade artist on All India Radio and Doordarshan. He was a respected member of the Ministry of Culture (North-Central), Government of India. The legacy of Pandit Chhannulal Mishra is extended beyond his presentations. He was a dedicated teacher who continued to introduce students from all over the world to his generation and heritage. Panditji is now a memorandum and no one can be raised from there, nor any rhythm can be raised from there.

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