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Gangubhai Hangal is one of the greats of the Hindustani classical music. She is a vocalist and an exponent of the Kirana Gharana. Gangubhai lives in our city of Hubli in Karnataka. She is known to let herself drift in the melody of the raga she renders. She believes that Music helped her have a communion with God. She is known to let herself drift in the melody of the raga she renders. She believes that Music helped her have a communion with God. Gangubhai has been giving concerts from more than 5 decades now. She has a very powerful voice, almost masculine, very suitable for traditional classical music. She sticks to authentic traditional music and does not dabble in the light bhajans. Gangubhai's daughter Krishna Hangal has been singing with her and giving much needed support from last 3 decades. But there are few recordings of her as like so many old masters she is not keen to record. Hopefully her live recordings will be brought out soon by dedicated labels like Navras.
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Smt Gangubhai Hangal was born in 1913, to a family of hereditary courtesan musicians from Hangal, a small villiage near Dharvar in North Karnataka. Gangubhai learnt Hindustani music from the master Sawai Gandharva, rather than Carnatic music like her mother.