Sangeet Sadhana and Pandit Jasraj both complemented each other. Born on 28 January 1930 in Hisar, Haryana, Jasraj got his music education from his home. Jasraj’s father Pandit Motiram was also a famous singer and belonged to the Mewati Gharana. Jasraj used to live music in the veins. He introduced Indian classical singing to the whole world.
Late former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee affectionately called Pandit Jasraj as ‘Rasraj’. Pandit Jasraj was the only classical music singer in the country who gave music a top position in all the seven continents and performed there. People who participate in all his programs say, if Panditji was on the stage, then Madhurashtakam of Shri Krishna would be sung in the program.
Pandit Jasraj, the man of India’s musical tradition, died on Monday in America. The country is heartbroken over the death of Pandit Jasraj, who has been pioneered as an indelible signature in the field of Indian classical music by the age of 90. President Ramnath Kovind himself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country’s top people have paid tribute to him. Although it is not known to identify Pandit Jasraj by any introduction, but if he looks at his life, it seems that he is famous as a carrier of Indian music, scripture and vocals.
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After the death of Pandit Jasraj, his daughter Durga Jasraj, referring to his Krishna devotion, informed everyone about his death. Durga Jasraj said in her message, ‘Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj died in New Jersey, USA at five in the morning due to cardiac arrest. We pray that Lord Krishna would lovingly welcome him to heaven, where Pandit ji Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya would sing only for his God.
After this news of the death of Pandit Jasraj, many people paid tribute to him. Amongst those who paid tribute, personalities like PM Narendra Modi, President Ramnath Kovind were also included. When the memoirs began to be mentioned, it was also remembered that Pandit Jasraj was the only classical music singer of the country who gave music a top position and performed there in all the seven continents.
People who participate in all his programs say, if Panditji were on the stage, then Madhurashtakam of Shri Krishna would be sung in the program. There is also a hymn, so that the people sitting in front of them would get emotional. Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj, no more, dies at the age of 90, ‘Whatever he sings, there will be a scripture of music”Lord Krishna was mentioned in the last news of the death of Pandit Jasraj, who is said to be a seeker of Lord Krishna.
Many people who know Pandit Jasraj closely say that he had great faith in divinity. UP Convenor Madhurani Shukla of Spike McKay recalls all the memoirs with him, saying that Pandit Jasraj was a music seeker. When he was on the stage, his mind would become smaller and his brain would have gone in a different form. Whatever he used to sing became the scripture of music. He made famous hymns written on Lord Rama, Hanuman and Krishna on the forums all over the world. He had great faith in God and on many occasions he gave priority to singing hymns and shlokas in his music as well.
