Hospitalized at Civil Hospital after he suffered the attack on Thursday, Gandharva was referred to the Military Hospital in Chhauni where he breathed his last at 2 am. He had been suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes for long. [break]
Gandharva, who was born in Tanahu in 1957, had served in Radio Nepal as a musician for over 30 years. A noted Sarangi player, he has lent his voice to over 400 songs, among which Balla paryau nirmaya makuri jaalaima, Andhikhola urlera ayo, Jaandaichhu paradeshma are popular old Nepali folk songs.
Composer Bulu Mukarung said that the untimely demise of the Sarangi maestro is not just a loss to the Nepali folk music scene alone, but to the whole Nepali music fraternity. “Gandharva ji not only carried on his communal tradition of playing Sarangi, but mastered it and took it to newer heights. He was a heritage in himself,” he remarked.
He is survived by two wives, five sons and six daughters.
Renowned Nepali folk singer and musician Tirtha Bahadur Gandharva of the Balla paryau nirmaya makuri jaalaima fame, passed away on Friday at Chhauni-based Military Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment after he suffered a severe heart attack on Thursday. He was 60.
Hospitalized at Civil Hospital after he suffered the attack on Thursday, Gandharva was referred to the Military Hospital in Chhauni where he breathed his last at 2 am. He had been suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes for long.
Gandharva, who was born in Tanahu in 1957, had served in Radio Nepal as a musician for over 30 years. A noted Sarangi player, he has lent his voice to over 400 songs, among which Balla paryau nirmaya makuri jaalaima, Andhikhola urlera ayo, Jaandaichhu paradeshma are popular old Nepali folk songs.
Composer Bulu Mukarung said that the untimely demise of the Sarangi maestro is not just a loss to the Nepali folk music scene alone, but to the whole Nepali music fraternity. “Gandharva ji not only carried on his communal tradition of playing Sarangi, but mastered it and took it to newer heights. He was a heritage in himself,” he remarked.
He is survived by two wives, five sons and six daughters.
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