Renowned classical singer Prabha Atre dies at 92

Legendary Prabha Atre passed away following a brief illness at a private hospital here in Pune on Saturday, family sources said, "Prabha was 91 and had complained of some breathing issues, but succumbed when she reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while being rushed to a private hospital this morning." Conferred the (1990), Padma Bhushan (2002) and Padma Bhushan (2022), plus many other national international honours, Prabha was an exponent of the Kirana Gharana music school, excelling in rendition of khayals, thumris, ghazal, dadri, bhajans and natyasangeet.

ADVERTISEMENT Prabha had penned books on music composition ‘Swarangini’ and ‘Swaranjanee’, is credited with inventing new Raagas like ‘Apurva Kalyan’, ‘Madhur Kauns’, ‘Darbari Kauns’, ‘Patdeep Malhar’, ‘Shiv Kali’, ‘Tilang Bhairav’ and ‘Ravi Bhairav’. She composed music for a full length dance recital ‘Natya Prabha’, a music composition adapted for jazz by a top artist, and also created music for musical dramas or sangeetikas..