- Santoor player and Padma Shri awardee Bhajan Sopori has passed away at the age of 73.
- The santoor player was born in 1948 in Sopore, Kashmir Valley and belonged to the Sufiana gharana of Indian classical music.
- He composed music for over 6,000 songs in almost all Indian languages, including Hindi, Kashmiri Dogri, Singhi Urdu and Bhojpuri, as well as Persian and Arabic.
- Known as the 'Saint of Santoor' and the 'King of Strings', Sopori won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992 and the Padma Shri award in 2004.
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