Chhannulal Mishra

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra was a great classical singer in India of Khayal and Thumri Ragas. He was born on 3 August 1936 in Hariharpur, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. He received initial classical music training from his father, Badri Prasad Mishra, and later learned under Ustad Abdul Ghani Khan of the Kiran Gharana. His further training went under a renowned musicologist Padmabhushan Thakur Jaidev Singh. Chhannulal married Manorama Mishra, daughter of Pt. Anokhelal Mishra a legendary Tabla maestro of the country. He has a son Pt. Ram Kumar Mishra, an emerging Tabla maestro. Blessed with a magnificent voice, he has sung the songs of the genre of the ecstatic Kirana Badhat and the Patiala Gharana.

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra has traveled to several places and performed at multiple musical conferences and concerts in India and abroad, including Washington DC, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , Chicago, etc. He was a well-known and highly skilled artist of the All India Radio and the Doordarshan. During the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Independence of India, Chhhannulal Mishra has invited by ICCR, and he has given several performances in the USA. Chhannulal Mishra was also a member of the Ministry of Culture (North-central) Govt. of India. He resides in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, where he teaches music to Indian and foreign students. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra has released several songs in different ragas and gharanas.

Some of his most known creations are Makar Records - The Lyrical Tradition of Khyal 8, The Music from the living room, Sundar Kand - set of four CDs with entire Sundar Kand sung in various Ragas with two Hanuman Bhajans, Krishna – From The Heart Of Benaras: An audio CD with nine Krishna Bhajans, Spirit Of Benares - audio CD with various Ragas songs, Shiv Vivah - audio CD of Shiv Parvati marriage sung in eleven Ragas with four Bhajans, Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas - Five excerpts from Ramcharitmanas, Rama Raga, Purvaiya – Kajari - audio CD of eight songs in Kajaria (sung in the rain), Purvaiya – Chaiti - audio CD of nine songs in Chaiti (sung during Chaitra), Krishna Madhav Krishna Madhav is a hugely talented and fairly ski >> Read More... - audio CD of twelve Krishna bhajans, Kabir - audio CD of twelve bhajans by Saint Kabir Das, Holi Ke Rang – Tesu Ke Phool - CD of songs of Radha Krishna and Shiv Parvati's Holi, Anjali, and many more.

He has given his voice to a few Bollywood movies, namely the title track of Mohalla Assi and two songs for the film Aakarshan in 2011, Kaun Si Dor and Saans Albeli. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra has won several awards for his excellence in Indian Classical Music. He has been honored with the Shiromani Award of Sur Singar Sansad in Bombay, Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Naushad Award, Yash Bharti Award of Uttar Pradesh Government, and Bihar Sangeet Shiromani Award. On 25 January 2010, he has honored with the Padma Bhushan Award and Padma Vibhushan in 2020.