B.A- 6TH SEMESTER

LIFE SKETCH OF Vinayakrao Patwardhan

Vinayak Narayan Patwardhan (Marathi: विनायक नारायण पटवर्धन) (22 July 1898 – 23 August 1975), also known as Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan and Patwardhanbuwa, is an Indian vocalist of Gwaliar-genre of Hindustani classical music.

Early Life Uncle Keshav Rao Koratkar was his first music teacher Early Life Uncle Keshav Rao Koratkar was his first music teacher. In 1907, he went to Gandharva Mahavidyalaya at Lahore, where he was taught by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Paluskar's mission had been to set up music schools for boys from respectable families to combat the stereotype that musicians were immoral pleasure seekers. Vinayak studied at one of these schools. The development of these schools helped legitimize music as a career and an art form

Recognition He was awarded the Padma Bhushan award in 1972 by the President of India.[2] He led the Indian cultural delegation to the USSR and other countries. The Film & TV Institute of India supported a documentary on him by Aruna Raje.