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Noted Hindustani classical vocalist and euphony teacher Ashok Huggannavar, 64, passed distant successful Hubballi during the aboriginal hours of Thursday.
He is survived by woman Veena, who is simply a teacher and lad Vinayak who is simply a idiosyncratic and vocalist.
A autochthonal of Yaraguppi successful Kundgol taluk of Dharwad territory was a golden medalist successful MA euphony and held a postgraduate grade successful Botany. After having served arsenic a euphony teacher astatine MPE Society’s SDM College successful Honnavar for respective years, Ashok Huggannavar had retired successful the twelvemonth 2021 and post-retirement had settled down successful Hubballi.
Ashok Huggannavar had trained nether Pandit Lingaraj Buva Yaraguppi of the Gwalior gharana of Hindustani euphony for astir 12 years and had won appreciation for his chiseled style.
He had served arsenic a subordinate of Karnataka Sangeet Nrutya Academy and was a recipient of respective awards, including ‘Karnataka Kalashri’, ‘Mansur Award’, Ragashree and different awards. He had performed astatine assorted nationalist euphony festivals.
