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{{short description|Hindustani classical singer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Chhannulal Mishra
| image = Chhannulal Mishra.jpg
| caption = Live performance in Pune on 17 July 2009
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1936|08|03}}
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| origin = Hariharpur, [[Azamgarh district]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]], [[Thumri]]
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1960–present
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| website = http://chhannulalmishra.com/
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[[Pandit]] '''Chhannulal Mishra''' (born 3 August 1936) is a celebrated [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] singer from [[Banaras]], a noted exponent of the [[Kirana gharana]] (school)<ref>[http://www.indoclassical.com/indo/asp/kiranagharana.asp Kirana] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820060209/http://www.indoclassical.com/indo/asp/kiranagharana.asp |date=20 August 2008 }} Gharana at indoclassical.com.</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/02/18/stories/2005021801150200.htm Pandit Chhannulal Mishra performs..] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050506071949/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/02/18/stories/2005021801150200.htm |date=6 May 2005 }} The Hindu, 18 February 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Spirited show by veterans|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2923735.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu|first=T. K.|last=Ganapathy|date=23 February 2012}}</ref> of the [[Hindustani classical music]] and especially the [[Khayal]] and the 'Purab Ang' – [[Thumri]].

He has won 'Shiromani Award' of Sur Singar Sansad, Bombay; Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award; Naushad Award of U.P. Govt; Yash Bharti Award of U.P Government<ref>{{cite news | title=Yash Bharti awards revived in U.P|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/yash-bharti-awards-revived-in-up/article4543118.ece. | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | date=24 March 2013}}</ref> and the Bihar Sangeet Shiromani Award.<ref name=virtual>[http://www.womex.com/virtual/worldwide_records/pandit_chhannulal Artists] Pandit Chhannulal Mishra at [[WOMEX]].</ref><ref name=world>[http://www.worldwiderecordsindia.com/artist_details.asp?artistid=8 Artist details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315125604/http://www.worldwiderecordsindia.com/artist_details.asp?artistid=8 |date=15 March 2008 }} Channulal Mishra at worldwiderecordsindia.com.</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honour, on 25 January 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |title=This Year's Padma Awards announced |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57307 |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] India's second highest civilian award in 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/varanasi-pt-chhannulal-mishra-gets-padma-vibhushan-award/articleshow/73618503.cms|title=Varanasi: Pt. Chhannulal Mishra gets Padma Vibhushan Award {{!}} Varanasi News - Times of India|last=Jan 25|first=Binay Singh {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-26|last3=Ist|first3=22:16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2020AwardeesList.pdf |website=padmaawards.gov.in |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref>

==Biography==
Mishra was born on 3 August 1936 in Hariharpur, [[Azamgarh district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], in the home of Badri Prasad Mishra.
He first learnt music with his father, Badri Prasad Mishra, and was then was educated by 'Ustad Abdul Ghani Khan' of the Kirana gharana.<ref>[http://www.saffronart.com/news_new_detail.asp?id=23 The heart of Varanasi] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104070343/http://www.saffronart.com/news_new_detail.asp?id=23 |date=4 November 2006 }} The Hindu, 7 June 2005.</ref> He was trained thereafter by Thakur Jaidev Singh. {{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

==Discography==
===Audio releases===

* Ramcharitmanas - Album containing 6 tracks sung about Shri Ram's life journey / story. Literally means the heart of the character of Shri Ram

* Anjali (Hindi: अंजलि, literally ''Offering'') – Audio CD with 10 tracks which include four Stutis, two [[Shloka]]s, two Chalisas, one [[Stotra]] and one Vandana dedicated to various aspects of [[Shakti]] – Durga, Mahakali, Kali, Saraswati, Vindhyeshwari, Sitala, Ganga, Bhavani.
* Echoes of Benaras Volume 3 – Audio CD with three Thumris, one Sawani and one Chaiti.
* Holi Ke Rang – Tesu Ke Phool (Hindi: होली के रंग – टेसू के फूल, literally ''The colours of [[Holi]], the flowers of [[Butea monosperma|Tesu]]'') – Audio CD with eight songs on Holi, seven describing the Holi of [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]] and one describing the Holi of [[Parvati]] and [[Shiva]] .
* Kabir (Hindi: कबीर) – A set of two audio CDs with 12 Bhajans authored by [[Kabir]], a middle-age mystic from Benares.
* Krishna [[Madhava (Vishnu)|Madhav]] (Hindi: कृष्ण माधव) – A set of two audio CDs with 12 Bhajans dedicated to Krishna.
* Purvaiya – Chaiti (Hindi: पुरवइया – चैती, literally ''From the Orient – Songs of Chaitra'') – Audio CD with nine songs of the Chaiti genre which are traditionally sung in the Hindu month of [[Chaitra]] (March–April) which falls during spring.
* Purvaiya – Kajari (Hindi: पुरवइया – कजरी, literally ''From the Orient – Songs of Rain'') – Audio CD with eight songs of the Kajari genre which are traditionally sung during the rainy season.
* Rama Raga (Hindi: राम राग, literally ''The [[Raga]] of [[Rama]]'') – Audio CD with a one-hour rendition of the three words ''Raja'' (King), ''Rama'' and ''Raga'' in various Ragas.
* Tulsidas – Ramcharitmanas (Hindi: तुलसीदास – रामचरितमानस) – Audio CD with five excerpts from the [[Ramcharitmanas]] of [[Tulsidas]] in different Ragas.
* Shiv Vivah (Hindi: शिव विवाह, literally ''The marriage of Shiva'') – Audio CD with the marriage of Parvati and Shiva from the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas sung in eleven different Ragas, along with four Bhajans dedicated to Shiva.
* Spirit Of Benares – Audio CD with two Khayals, two Thumris and two Dadaras.
* Krishna – From The Heart Of Benaras – Audio CD with nine songs dedicated to Krishna.
* Sundar Kand (Hindi: सुन्दरकाण्ड) – A set of four audio CDs with the entire Sundar Kand of the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas sung in different Ragas, along with two Bhajans dedicated to Hanuman.
* Music from the living room - Pt Channulal Mishra
* Makar Records MAKCD027 The Lyrical Tradition of Khyal 8 - Pandit Channulal Mishra.

===Bollywood Song===
*''[[Aarakshan]]'' (Hindi: आरक्षण) (2011) – Two songs, '''''Kaun Si Dor''''' with [[Shreya Ghoshal]] and '''Saans Albeli'''.
*''[[Mohalla Assi]] -Title track

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.chhannulalmishra.com/ Official Site of Chhannulal Mishra]

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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}
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[[Category:1936 births]]
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[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts]]
[[Category:Thumri]]
[[Category:Indian male classical singers]]
[[Category:Bhajan singers]]
[[Category:Kirana gharana]]
[[Category:Musicians from Varanasi]]
[[Category:Singers from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:20th-century male singers]]
[[Category:21st-century male singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts]]

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