ANNAPURNA DEVI: The Untold Story Of A Reclusive Genius

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  • RELEASE DATE : NOVEMBER 2021
  • Author: Atul Merchant
  • Pub: November 2021
  • ISBN: 9780670095339
  • Price: Rs. 699/-
  • Category: Non-fiction/ Biography
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Extent: 288

ABOUT THE BOOK

Legendary musician Annapurna Devi's life has been shrouded in
mystery. Daughter of the unparalleled Allauddin Khan of Maitra and the
first wife of Pandit Ravi Shankar, she conquered the summit of Indian
classical music, only to later renounce public life to spend her entire life
as a recluse in the confinement of her house. Until the age of sixteen,
Annapurna Devi was confined to her family home at Maihar, where her
father was a court musician and guru to the maharaja. During this
period, she devoted herself exclusively to the deepest study and practice
of Indian classical music under the strict tutelage of her father. After her
estrangement from her husband Pandit Ravi Shankar,

Annapurna Devi went ever deeper into self-imposed seclusion. The only
people whom she met and communicated with were her disciples who
used to visit her for music lessons, which included some of the greatest
musicians our era has seen, including Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Pandit
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Bahadur Khan, Aashish Khan, Dhyanesh
Khan, Nityanand Haldipur and Basant Kabra, to name a few. Full of
anecdotes and untold stories, this is her life story as told by her to her
disciples over a period of time, giving valuable insights into their Guru
Ma's personality, music and teachings.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Atul Merchant was Annapurna Devi's disciple from 1982 onwards and
had a mother-son-like bond with her. Despite his primary focus being
vedanta and music, he has studied storytelling and screenplay writing.

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