Lata Mangeshkar

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Lata Mangeshkar was born to a Marathi father and a Gujarati mother[5] in the city of Indore, which was in the princely state of Indore, which was part of the Central India Agency in British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India). Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theatre actor. Her mother Shevanti (later renamed Shudhamati), a Gujarati woman from Thalner, Bombay Presidency (now in northwest Maharashtra), was Deenanath's second wife; his first wife Narmada was Shevanti's older sister, but she died early.[6] Mangeshkar's paternal grandfather, Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki), was a Goan Padye Brahmin priest who performed the abhishekam of the Shiva lingam at the Mangueshi Temple in Goa and her paternal grandmother, Yesubai Rane, belonged to the Gomantak Maratha Samaj devdasi community of Goa. Mangeshkar's maternal grandfather was Gujarati businessman, Seth Haridas Ramdas Lad, the most prosperous businessman and landlord of Thalner, and Mangeshkar learnt Gujarati folk songs such as garbas of Pavagadh from her maternal grandmother.[5][6] The family's last name used to be Hardikar; Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar in order to identify his family with his native town, Mangeshi in Goa. Lata was named "Hema" at her birth. Her parents later renamed her Lata after a female character, Latika, in one of her father's plays, BhaawBandhan.[7] Mangeshkar is the eldest child of her parents. Meena, Asha, Usha and Hridaynath are her siblings in sequence. Mangeshkar took her first lesson from her father. At the age of five, she started to work as an actress in her father's musical plays (Sangeet Natak in Marathi). On the first day in school, she started teaching songs to other children. When the teacher stopped her, she was so angry that she stopped going to the school.[7] Other sources cite that she left school because they would not allow her to bring Asha with her, as she would often bring her younger sister with her.

Lata Mangeshkar is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.

Lata Mangeshkar is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.