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Padma Bhushan Saajan Mishra
Padma Bhushan Pandit Sajan Mishra was born and brought up in Varanasi. Renowned as a part of the legendary classical duo Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra, he performed for 54 years since his
childhood with his brother, doyen of Benaras gharana Pandit Rajan Mishra, who passed away in April 2021. Pandit Sajan Mishra received his initial musical training from his grandfathers brother, Bade
Ram Das Ji Mishra, and also his father, Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra, and uncle, sarangi virtuoso, Pandit Gopal Prasad Mishra. He started performing in temples with his brother Pandit Rajan Mishra
even before he was a teenager. Pandit Sajan Mishra is part of a 300-year-old lineage of khayal singing of the Banaras gharana.