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Pandit (abbreviated as Pt. and written as पंडीत / पंडित in Marathi/Hindi) is an honorific title for an expert person in Indian classical singing and instrumental playing, used for an Indian musician.
The term originates from the Sanskrit term pandit (paṇḍitá पण्डित), meaning "knowledge owner" or "learned man". [4] It refers to someone who is erudite in various subjects and who conducts religious ceremonies and offers counsel to the king and usually referred to a person from the Hindu Brahmin but may also refer to the siddhas, Siddhars, Naths, ascetics, sadhus, or yogis ().
Pandit or Pandith is an Indian and Nepalese Brahmin surname. Usage. When prefixed to a name, it denotes a scholar, for example, Pandita Ramabai or Pandit Nehru. A ...
Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 in a Kannada [6] Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family [7] to Gururajrao Joshi and Godavaribai at Ron in Dharwad district in Karnataka. [8] [9] His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher.
Jasraj's elder brother, Pandit Pratap Narayan, was also an accomplished musician and was the father of music composer duo Jatin–Lalit, singer-actress Sulakshana Pandit and actress Vijeta Pandit. Pandit Pratap Narayan taught Jasraj to play tabla starting at age 7, but Jasraj decided that he wanted to only sing by 14. [12] [13]
Jatin–Lalit is a renowned Indian music director duo consisting of brothers Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit. They are celebrated for their contribution to Bollywood music during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Ram Narayan (IPA: [raːm naːˈɾaːjəɳ]; 25 December 1927 – 9 November 2024), often referred to with the title Pandit, was an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internationally successful sarangi player.
Vikram Shankar Pandit (born 14 January 1957) is an Indian-American banker [5] and investor who was the chief executive officer of Citigroup from December 2007 [6] to 16 October 2012 [7] [8] and is the current chairman and chief executive officer of The Orogen Group.