Jotin Bhattacharya


Jotin Bhattacharya was an Indian classical sarod player. Jyotin was a disciple of Allauddin Khan.

Early life and education

Bhattacharya was born in 1926 in Varanasi in a Bengali family. He attended C.M. Anglo Bengali College and subsequently attained bachelor's, master's and MPhil degrees from the Benaras Hindu University before starting his eight-year music training from Allauddin Khan. During his training under Allauddin Khan, Bhattacharya also served him as a secretary and handled all his correspondences.
Bhattacharya performed at the Baba Allauddin Khan Music Foundation in the Poorva Sanskritik Kendra, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.

Album

In 1974, HMV released Bhattacharya's first album, Sarod, in LP record format.

Books

Bhattacharya wrote three books.
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1Ustad Allauddin Khan and His Music1979English242Biography of Baba Allauddin
2Allaudin Khan O aamara-Bengali1,050On the life and work of Baba Allauddin
3Allaudin Khan and us-Hindi--