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An ode to the master
Updated On: 03 February, 2021 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen
One of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi`s most famous disciples will join others at a tribute concert
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Pic/Facebook
There is an anecdote from Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s childhood in Karnataka’s Gadag district that illustrates how obsessed the legend was with music right from an early age. It says that he would be so taken in by musical processions that passed by his home as a kid that — unbeknownst to his family — he would slip off to follow the band for miles on end, eventually getting so tired that he would fall asleep by the side of the road. His frantic relatives would then launch a missing complaint with the police who’d bring him back home. His father then thought of a simple solution — he wrote “Son of teacher Joshi” on the child’s shirt, so people knew who he was and returned him accordingly.
Another similar anecdote concerns Joshi as a teenager boarding a train from his hometown in search of a guru in North India, travelling across different states looking for one thanks to financial help from his co-passengers. It’s a different matter that he eventually found the right person — Pandit Sawai Gandharva — close to his native place. But the point is that it’s fitting that a two-day tribute concert for Joshi — a person who held the highest regard for his teacher — will feature Anand Bhate, one of his own well-known disciples.
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