The above photo 1980's in LA Babu was a very close friend to Annapurna's son Subho they had many plans unfortunately Subho passed away in 1992. Ravi Shankar and his brother Uday Shankar were all close family friends spending much time at Babu Kishan's family home in Calcutta which was a Cultural Hub of Calcutta.
Baba Allaudin Khan was a admirer and friend of Babu Kishan's Grandfather 'Nabani Das Khyapa Baul' the great Mystic Baul Saint of Bengal.
Ali Akbar Khan (Annapurna's younger brother) was also, close from Calcutta and a family friend.
Baba Allaudin Khan was a admirer and friend of Babu Kishan's Grandfather 'Nabani Das Khyapa Baul' the great Mystic Baul Saint of Bengal.
Ali Akbar Khan (Annapurna's younger brother) was also, close from Calcutta and a family friend.
Annapurna Devi was a Milestone Masterpiece and a Great Pandit, she had so much power (Shakti), as told by Babu Kishan who knew her personally for decades. You could not look directly onto her eyes. She was the Daughter of the Great Historical Classical Musician Ustad Baba Allaudin Khan and the sister of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, she married Ravi Shankar as his first wife and Ravi Shankar kept her hidden, she never said anything bad about her X or anybody, she was so young when she married she was only 14.
Annapūrṇā Devi; 1927 – 13 October 2018)
Babu has seen her playing the Sitar at 100 miles speed Babu Kishan has been one of the rare people to see her play her Sitar. He also, was lucky to spend much time with her and he says she was the best Sitarist ever and the greatest Sitar and Classical Music teacher ever, he knew personally all the greats she taught. Babu Kishan said, the times when he would visit her in Bombay he would be talking to her and her hands would be air playing the sitar always moving, always in Sitar meditation.
All her life she kept herself hidden but in Babu Kishan's opinion she was the real and only DIAMOND in the history of Hindustani Classical Music. She was married to the Sitar and a wonderful Women.
She proved her talent by creating the biggest flute Pandit and Santoor players in the world, ShivKumar Sharma (Santoor) and Hari Prasad Chaurasia (Flute) and many others but these are the 2 biggest according to Babu Kishan.
Babu Kishan would show up at her house, always unannounced with a packet of Sweets.
Annapūrṇā Devi; 1927 – 13 October 2018)
Babu has seen her playing the Sitar at 100 miles speed Babu Kishan has been one of the rare people to see her play her Sitar. He also, was lucky to spend much time with her and he says she was the best Sitarist ever and the greatest Sitar and Classical Music teacher ever, he knew personally all the greats she taught. Babu Kishan said, the times when he would visit her in Bombay he would be talking to her and her hands would be air playing the sitar always moving, always in Sitar meditation.
All her life she kept herself hidden but in Babu Kishan's opinion she was the real and only DIAMOND in the history of Hindustani Classical Music. She was married to the Sitar and a wonderful Women.
She proved her talent by creating the biggest flute Pandit and Santoor players in the world, ShivKumar Sharma (Santoor) and Hari Prasad Chaurasia (Flute) and many others but these are the 2 biggest according to Babu Kishan.
Babu Kishan would show up at her house, always unannounced with a packet of Sweets.
The above picture is Annapurna, her Dad Baba Allaudin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan and her mother.
"Born in Maihar town in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh in 1927, Devi was trained by Ustad ‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, her father. “She remained a recluse for most of her life – much of her time was dedicated to teaching a small though select group of students,” a press release by the Annapurna Devi Foundation said. Among her famous students were Aashish Khan (sarod), Amit Bhattacharya (sarod), Bahadur Khan (sarod), Basant Kabra (sarod), Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri), Jotin Bhattacharya (sarod), among others, it added.
"Annapurna Devi became a very accomplished surbahar (bass sitar) player of the Maihar gharana (school) within a few years of starting to take music lessons from her father Alauddin Khan. She started guiding many of her father's disciples, including Nikhil Banerjee and Bahadur Khan, in classical music as well as in the techniques and intricacies of instrumental performances. In 1941, age 14, she married one of her father's talented students, Ravi Shankar. She converted to Hinduism upon marriage.
In the 1950s, Ravi Shankar and Annapurna Devi performed duets in Delhi and Calcutta, principally at the college of her brother, Ali Akbar Khan. But later, Shankar started getting insecure, since she used to be applauded in concerts more than he was, and she thereafter decided not to perform publicly.
Devi and Shankar's son, Shubhendra Shankar (1942–1992), (or "Subho", as he was popularly known) received rigorous training in sitar under her tutelage, until his father chose to interrupt his musical talim or training and took him to the United States. Shubhendra died at an early age in 1992, after a marriage and the birth of three children. Shubhendra did not have a solo career in classical music, but did for a period accompany his illustrious father Ravi Shankar in concerts in the USA and abroad."
Annapurna Devi's father Baba Allaudin Khan was the founder of Maihar Gharana."
In 1988, she married Rooshikumar Pandya, a management consultant, he died in 2013 suddenly of a cardiac arrest at the age of 73, the press release said."
"Annapurna Devi became a very accomplished surbahar (bass sitar) player of the Maihar gharana (school) within a few years of starting to take music lessons from her father Alauddin Khan. She started guiding many of her father's disciples, including Nikhil Banerjee and Bahadur Khan, in classical music as well as in the techniques and intricacies of instrumental performances. In 1941, age 14, she married one of her father's talented students, Ravi Shankar. She converted to Hinduism upon marriage.
In the 1950s, Ravi Shankar and Annapurna Devi performed duets in Delhi and Calcutta, principally at the college of her brother, Ali Akbar Khan. But later, Shankar started getting insecure, since she used to be applauded in concerts more than he was, and she thereafter decided not to perform publicly.
Devi and Shankar's son, Shubhendra Shankar (1942–1992), (or "Subho", as he was popularly known) received rigorous training in sitar under her tutelage, until his father chose to interrupt his musical talim or training and took him to the United States. Shubhendra died at an early age in 1992, after a marriage and the birth of three children. Shubhendra did not have a solo career in classical music, but did for a period accompany his illustrious father Ravi Shankar in concerts in the USA and abroad."
Annapurna Devi's father Baba Allaudin Khan was the founder of Maihar Gharana."
In 1988, she married Rooshikumar Pandya, a management consultant, he died in 2013 suddenly of a cardiac arrest at the age of 73, the press release said."
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