Eminent Rabindra sangeet singer Swastika Mukhopadhyay no more

Swastika Mukhopadhyay, eminent Rabindra sangeet and Dwijendrageet singer and former principal of Sangit Bhavana at Visva-Bharati University in Bolpur, West Bengal, died at a private hospital in Kolkata today after a prolonged illness, family sources said.

The 66-year-old singer is survived by her husband and son. Swastika Mukhopadhyay brought out her cassettes on Dwijendrageeti and Rabindra Sangeet and was a regular performer on radio and television programmes. She had received her formal training in Rabindra Sangeet under noted singer Nilima Sen. Swastika Mukhopadhyay was a senior professor in the Department of Rabindra Sangeet in Sangit Bhavana in Visva Bharati and retired a year ago.