Sharing his grief, sarod exponent Ustad Amjad Ali Khan says itвЂ™s a вЂњpersonalвЂќ loss, and tells us: вЂњIt is very sad to hear about the suffering he had to go through in that St. High time something is done for this kind of terrible accidents.вЂќ Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. I canвЂ™t believe that he had got to go like this. I have known when he was a beginner under Gopal ji. He had received his musical training under his father Pt Hanuman Prasad Mishra, their grandfatherвЂ™s brother Pt Bade Ramdas Ji Mishra, and their uncle, sarangi virtuoso, Gopal Prasad Mishra. She says, вЂњHe was an important representative of Benaras gharana. вЂњHe was the most precious nagina of our country,вЂќ says musician Rita Ganguly, who couldnвЂ™t believe the news of his tragic demise. The fact that we as a nation failed to provide him a ventilator bed, when he so needed one as indeed we have failed so many others, remains a painful realisation for me that I cannot ever sweep aside.вЂќ Personally, for me, I have lost an elder brotherly figure whose blessings and good wishes I was fortunate to get. Shubha Mudgal, renowned Hindustani classical vocalist, says, вЂњAs the torchbearer of a great legacy, we have lost a great artiste and a leading representative of the Hindustani music tradition. He had been a flagbearer of Indian classical music for over five decades now, and thousands of music lovers looked up to him!вЂќ Even to accept the reality that heвЂ™s no more and we wonвЂ™t be seeing him вЂ™s such as terrible loss to the classical music industry and Benaras. The director of the hospital shared with us that itвЂ™s beyond control now. We tried to reach out to the authorities, too. We came to know that he was unwell in the day time. Padma Bhushan Pandit Shree Rajan Mishra ji is no more.! ItвЂ™s a great loss to Indian classical music world.Om Shanti (sic).вЂќ Malini Awasthi (right) with Pt Rajan Mishra.ДЇolk singer Malini Awasthi, who looked up to Pt Rajan Mishra as her guru says itвЂ™s a вЂњbig loss to the Indian musicвЂќ! вЂњMe and Sajan were in touch.

Om Shanti.вЂќД¬ondolences immediately started pouring in on social media, and PM Narendra Modi called it an вЂњirreplaceable lossвЂќ, whereas music composer Jeet Gannguli, wrote: вЂњSad news.

He was a renowned classical singer of the Benaras Gharana & was one half of the brother duo pandit Rajan Sajan mishra. And in the evening, musician Salim Merchant tweeted about his tragic demise on Twitter: вЂњHeartbreaking news вЂ“ Padma Bhushan Shri Rajan Mishra ji left us today. Many from the music fraternity were seen tweeting desperate appeals on social media, to help the 70-year-old get a ventilator on an urgent basis, but apparently their efforts couldnвЂ™t succeed. On Sunday, popular classical singer Padma Bhushan Pandit Rajan Mishra, of the famous musical duo Rajan-Sajan Mishra, passed away in Delhi due to a heart attack, after his health became critical due to Covid 19.

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