PUNE: His senior-most disciple, Upendra Bhat feels a deep connect with Panditji — his music starts and ends with his Guruji as he calls the Kirana gharana doyen.
Bhat (71) who was born in 1950 at Mangalore, said songs sung by Bhimsenji used to be played at the Vitthal temple there every morning. “I loved his voice. I was so under his spell that I decided to learn classical music and enrolled myself in the music school run by vocalist Nayaran Pai,” said Bhat.
