Powada singer passes away in Nashik

Nashik, May 11: Seventy six-year-old, Gajanan Beni, famous `Powada` (traditional balled) singer passed away due to old age, his family sources said here on Monday.

Beni, who died yesterday due to old age, was a popular `Powada` singer and was in the forefront of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and also had actively participated in the Goa freedom movement. Beni, with his strong voice popularise songs written by well-known poets from Maharashtra including Amir Sheikh, Narayan Surve and B D Jadhav were amongst them. He was one of the main architect to form the Maharashtra Shahir Parishad and the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Shahir Parishad. He was felicitate with the Akhil Bharatiya Maharashtra Parishad, Mumbai award and also Lok Kalyan Puraskar of Nashik Municipal Corporation. He is survived with two sons and a daughter. Bureau Report