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{{Short description|Indian musician (1928–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gosaveedu]], [[Gampalagudem mandal]], Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|6|23|1928|1|1|df=y}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Scholar, Nadaswaram player
| years_active = 1950–2021
| known_for = Asthana Vidwan at Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam
| notable_works = Performances at Tyagaraja Aradhana festival
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2022)
| alma_mater =
| spouse =
| children =
| parents = Meera Saheb (father), Hasan Bee (mother)
| relatives =
| website =
}}

'''Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan''' (1 January 1928<ref name="News" /> - 23 June 2021) was an accomplished scholar and player of the [[Nadaswaram]], a traditional classical instrument popular in [[South India]]. He had served as the [[Asthana Vidushi|''Asthana Vidwan'']] (resident musician and scholar) in the [[Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam]] from 1950 to 1993. He had also served at the [[Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Yadadri]].<ref name="News" />

Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan was born on 1 January 1928 in [[Gosaveedu]], [[Gampalagudem mandal]], [[Krishna District|Krishna district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] as the last child of Meera Saheb and Hasan Bee. He started playing music at the age of eight. At the age of 14, the British authorities imprisoned him for chanting slogans against them. However, they liked his music and voice and released him from prison. He learned [[instrumental music]] at [[Chilakaluripet]], [[Guntur district]] from renowned musician [[Sheik Chinna Moulana]] and [[vocal music]] from renowned singer [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]'s father Mangalampalli Pattabhiramaiah. He had also played Nadaswaram at [[Venkateswara Temple]] at [[Tirupati]].<ref name="News"/>

In addition to training many students in music, he has performed for nearly seven decades continuously in the annual [[Tyagaraja Aradhana]] festival at [[Tiruvaiyaru]] in [[Thanjavur]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]], the place where [[Tyagaraja]] attained [[Samadhi]]. The organisers of the festival honored him with a gold bracelet in 1962 and the Thyagaraja Paraskar Award in 2007.

Shaik Hassan died on 23 June 2021. Govt of India posthumously honored him by conferring the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2022.<ref name="News">{{cite web |title=సంగీతమే ఊపిరిగా... |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/guest-columns/padma-shri-award-gosaveedu-shaik-hassan-guest-column-ram-pradeep-1431037 |website=Sakshi |publisher=sakshi.com |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>

==Recognition: Padma Shri==

*In the year 2022, Govt of India conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award, the third highest award in the Padma series of awards, on Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan for his distinguished service in the field of art.<ref name="PadmaShri2022">{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2022 |url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125143803/https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf |archive-date=2022-01-25 |url-status=live|website=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> The award is in recognition of his service as a "Nadaswaram Player and freedom fighter credited with performances spread over seven decades.".<ref name="PadmaShri2022Images">{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2022 |url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/AwardeeTickets2022.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129172910/https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/AwardeeTickets2022.aspx |archive-date=2022-01-29 |url-status=live|website=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>

==Other recognitions/awards==
*Thyagaraja Puraskar Award (2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=AP: Surgeon Adinarayana Oorator Nararasimha Raoo Temple Vidhwan Hassan Saheb Conferred Padma |url=https://newsmeter.in/top-stories/ap-surgeon-adinarayana-orator-narasimha-rao-temple-vidhwan-hassan-saheb-conferred-padma-shri-690312 |website=MewsMeter |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)#Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 2022|Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 2022]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}

[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Indian musicians]]
[[Category:People from Krishna district]]
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]

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Surojit098 at 12:06, 7 November 2025