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Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi dead

Pandit Tarun Bhattacharyya and Odissi Dances Sanchita Bhattacharyya brake down while praying her last respect to the mortal remains of Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at Sangeet Reserach Academy at Kolkata city on October 25,2017 in India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)

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