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Mogubai Kurdikar
Indian classical vocalist
"Gaan Tapasvini" Mogubai Kurdikar (Devanagari: मोगूबाई कुर्दीकर) (15 July – 10 February ) was a renowned Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.[1] She was known for being a leading student of Alladiya Khan and the guru and mother of Kishori Amonkar, the most popular Hindustani classical female vocalist of the 20th Century.[2]
Life and career
Early life
Kurdikar was born in Kurdi village, Portuguese-ruledGoa to a Maratha Gomantak Samaj family.[3] Little is known of her father; her mother, Jayashreebai, was from the Devadasi community and known locally as a talented singer.[4]
In , Kurdikar began learning music for a while from a holy man at a Damodar Temple in Zambaulim, arranged by her mother.
Later, Kurdikar's mother took her to a traveling theater company, the Chandreshwar Bhootnath Sangeet Mandali, which accepted her as an actress.[citation needed]