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{{Infobox musical artist
|name            = Mani Prasad
[[File:Pandit Mani Prasad of Kirana Gharana..jpg|thumb|center|Mani Prasad]]
|background      = solo_singer
|birth_name      = Mani Prasad
|alias           = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1930|11|4}}
|death_date            = 
|origin          = Wardha, [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
|genre           = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]
|years_active    = 1940 - present
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|website             = 
}}
Pandit '''Mani Prasad''' (4 November 1930) is an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] vocalist from the [[Kirana gharana]] (singing style).

==Early life and training==
[[File:Pt. Sukhdev Prasad Ji.jpg|thumb|left|Mani's father Sukhdev Prasad]]

Mani Prasad was born into a family of musicians. His father, Sukhdev Prasad, had received music training from [[Abdul Karim Khan]] and [[Abdul Wahid Khan]], the founders of the Kirana gharana.

Mani Prasad accompanied his father on all his tours and performances across the country from an early age. He moved from Wardha in Maharashtra to [[New Delhi]] in his youth along with his father. He was trained mostly by his father but was also guided by his grandfather Pandit Shakti Lal and by his uncles Pandit Shankar Lal and Pandit Gopal Prasad.

==Musical career==

[[File:Pt. Mani Prasad.jpg|thumb|Mani Prasad performing]]

Pandit Mani Prasad started his career early, being brought up in a musical family. He is ranked as a Top Grade 'A class' artist by the [[All India Radio]] and is a well recognised television artist with the [[Doordarshan]].

He has not only created some new [[raga]]s but also composed many [[bandish]]es in existing ragas with the mudra ''Dhyan Rang Piya''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105132233/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/06/16/stories/2006061601760200.htm ]</ref> The new ragas include Dhyan Kalyan, Dhyani Todi, Shivkauns and [[Bhoopeshwari]].

Among his students are Maharaja [[Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad]] of [[Baroda]], Savita Devi Maharaj (daughter of thumri singer [[Siddheshwari Devi]]), Rita Ganguly, Ramesh Jule, Ravi Jule, Pt. Vishwanath, Uma Garg, [[Surinder Kaur]], and [[Chandan Dass]].

In recent years, he has been serving as the Guru at the Dr. [[Gangubai Hangal]] Gurukul in Hubli, [[Karnataka]] where he was invited by the Government of Karnataka.

==Discography==
* Pt. Mani Prasad, A Concert Series by Swarashree Enterprises, CBS
* Pt. Mani Prasad, MIDAS
* Pt. Mani Prasad, Swaranjali
* Dhyan Rang Piya, MIDAS
* Love Bandish Bliss, Times Music

==Honours and awards==
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* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2019
* [[Rajasthan]] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
* Swarmani Award
* Raseshwar Award given by Sur Singar Samsad of Mumbai
* Baba [[Allaudin Khan]] Award
* Srimati [[Gangubai Hangal]] Award
* Ustad Faiyyaz Khan - Ustad Niaz Khan Memorial Award
* Swar Sadhana Ratna
* Sangeet Martand Samman
* Sangeet Kala Ratna
* Felicitation by Raagranjini

==Gallery==
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==Personal life==
Pandit Mani Prasad now lives in [[Mumbai]]. He has three children - Deepak Prasad, Lata Tandon, and Lalit Prasad, who are also involved in Indian classical music{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}.

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
[[Category:Indian male classical singers]]
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:Kirana gharana]]
[[Category:People from Wardha district]]
[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]
[[Category:20th-century male singers]]