_______________________________________________________________ Highlights Girija Devi, fondly known as Appa ji, passed away in a hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday evening. She was 88. She worked as a faculty member of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata in the 1980s and of the Banaras Hindu University during the early 1990s She was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2016 … Continue reading ‘Girija Devi’s demise an irreparable loss to Banaras Gharana’