Budhaditya mukherjee biography definition

Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee 

Upholding with great distinction the traditions of the Imdadkhani Gharana of Sitar, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee’s name

has long become synonymous with 8the sitar.

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Considered as the leading sitarist of his generation, Budhadityaji has received his entire training in Sitar and Surbahar from his illustrious father, Late Pandit Bimalendu Mukherjee, the well-known sitarist and a doyen of the Imdadkhani Gharana of sitar, who initiated his son into sitar from the age of 5.

From then, responding to the finesse of his father’s profound teachings, Budhaditya’s music has blossomed into a unique lyrical magic that reflects the ‘gayaki ang’ on the sitar with its befitting clarity.

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In 1977, Budhaditya Mukherjee became a first class first graduate in Metallurgical Engineering - a gold medal holder.

However, even after having achieved such laurels academically, his immense love and dedication to sitar caused Budhaditya to de