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| name = Dhondutai Kulkarni<br />
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| birth_name = Dhondu Kulkarni<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|23|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|6|1|1927|7|23}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], India<br />
| instrument = [[singing]]<br />
| genre = [[Khyal]]<br />
| occupation = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| years_active = 1935 - 2014<br />
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'''Dhondutai Kulkarni''', (23 July 1927 – 1 June 2014) was an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] singer from the [[Jaipur-Atrauli gharana]]. She was the last legendary exponent of orthodox Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Dhondutai was born in a [[Brahmin]] family in [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Dhondutai-Kulkarni-A-life-steeped-in-simplicity-soaked-in-music/articleshow/35911853.cms |title=Dhondutai Kulkarni: A life steeped in simplicity, soaked in music &#124; Mumbai News |work=The Times of India|date=2014-06-02 |accessdate=2020-01-17}}</ref> Her father initiated her into music. Subsequently, she came under the tutelage of Bhurji Khan of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dhondutai Kulkarni: A life steeped in simplicity, soaked in music|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Dhondutai-Kulkarni-A-life-steeped-in-simplicity-soaked-in-music/articleshow/35911853.cms|accessdate=25 March 2018|work=The Times of India}}</ref> Gaining recognition as a child artiste she became an [[All India Radio]] performing artiste at the age of eight{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}. Her training continued under the mentorship of Gaan-Chandrika Laxmibai Jadhav and Ustad Azizuddin Khan, disciple and grandson of Ustad [[Alladiya Khan]], the founder of the gharana. She received most of her repertoire of rare Ragas from Ustad Azizuddin Khan. Thereafter, she spent a long number of years under the tutelage of [[Kesarbai Kerkar]], ending up as her sole disciple.<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
Dhondutai has been awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Music – Vocal |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |accessdate=21 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archivedate=31 March 2016}}</ref> She was regularly featured at the "Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Sammelan" since its beginnings, she sang last at these concerts.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-a-purist-to-the-core-dhondutai-kulkarni-s-legacy-is-in-danger-1993274|title= A purist to the core, Dhondutai Kulkarni's legacy is in danger|date= 4 June 2014|work= Daily News and Analysis}}</ref><br />
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Journalist Namita Devidayal's book ''The Music Room'' chronicles a significant part of Dhondutai's life, music and career. Namita has been one of her students and learned from her over a period of 25 years. The book talks about the life and music of Alladiya Khan, Kesarbai Kerkar and Dhondutai.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070928/asp/opinion/story_8367570.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011155542/http://telegraphindia.com/1070928/asp/opinion/story_8367570.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 October 2007 | title=Of Lost Worlds and Timeless Spaces | publisher=[[Telegraph India]] | date=28 September 2007 | accessdate=2 June 2014 | author=Ghoshal, Somak}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''Sur Sangat'' by Dhondutai Kulkarni, Rajhans Publications, Pune, India, {{ISBN|978-81-7434-694-0}}<br />
* ''The Music Room'' by Namita Devidayal, Random House India, {{ISBN|9788184002362}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/article22313.ece Voice from the past]<br />
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[[Category:Hindustani singers]]<br />
[[Category:2014 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kolhapur]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women classical singers]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]<br />
[[Category:Women musicians from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]<br />
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