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Paying tribute to the maestro

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Created 25 Jan 2011 - 00:00
Legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is laid to rest with a ceremonial gun salute in Pune on Monday afternoon [1]

Legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is laid to rest with a ceremonial gun salute in Pune on Monday afternoon

Legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is laid to rest with a ceremonial gun salute in Pune on Monday afternoon. External affairs minister S.M. Krishna, acting as the Prime Minister’s emissary, and Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan led thousands of mourners at a state funeral in paying tribute to the maestro, who died in a Pune hospital on Monday morning after a long illness. His elder son Raghavendra performed the last rites. PHOTO: Asian Age

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