Bholanath Prasanna

Pandit Bholanath Prasanna
Pt. Bholanath playing Bansuri
Background information
Born
Varanasi, India
GenresHindustani classical
OccupationFlute player
InstrumentBansuri

Pt. Bholanath Prasanna(1919-1995) was an Indian flute or bansuri player and Guru at AIR at Allahabad. He was disciple of Bansuri player Pt. Raghunath Prasanna. Prasanna was a UP Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipient.

He taught bansuri to a number of disciples; among them are: Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Rajendra Prasanna (Nephew), Pt. Niranjan Prasad, Ajay Shankar Prasanna (son), and Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee.

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