President releases stamps of musical legends

September 03, 2014 05:01 pm | Updated 08:00 pm IST - New Delhi

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar (right), with legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. File photo: PTI

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar (right), with legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. File photo: PTI

President Pranab Mukherjee released a set of eight commemorative postage stamps on Indian musicians at a function here in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday.

The set of stamps brought out by the Department of Posts feature Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ms. D.K. Pattammal, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Ms. Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said as we pay tribute to eight of the greatest music maestros of contemporary India, we celebrate their life and work and their matchless legacy. These eight maestros are, without a doubt, among the tallest luminaries in the history of world music who have not only achieved personal perfection but have also made extraordinary contributions, in their respective fields, to the development and evolution of the schools of music in which their talents were nurtured and honed.

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