"Gaan Tapasvini" Mogubai Kurdikar (Devanagari: मोगूबाई कुर्दीकर) (15 July 1904 – 10 February 2001) was a renowned Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.

[1] She was known for being a leading student of Alladiya Khan and the guru and mother of Kishori Amonkar, the most popular Hindustani classical female vocalist of the 20th Century.

[4] In 1913, Kurdikar began learning music for a while from a holy man at a Damodar Temple in Zambaulim, arranged by her mother.

Later, Kurdikar's mother took her to a traveling theater company, the Chandreshwar Bhootnath Sangeet Mandali, which accepted her as an actress.

[citation needed] While working for the Chandreshwar Bhootnath Mandali sangeet natak company, Kurdikar's mother died in 1914.

[5] Kurdikar's mother entrusted her to the care of Balkrishna Parvatkar who was also from Kurdi and worked for the theater company.

[citation needed] The theater company soon went bankrupt and the rival Satarkar Stree Sangeet Mandali hired Kurdikar.

Khan one day, eager to identify the singer, climbed the stairs to visit Kurdikar's residence.

Though Alladiya Khan was still court musician of Kolhapur, he used to stay at Bombay for longer periods where he trained students.

He agreed to teach her if she became a formal disciple and performed the ganda bandhan ceremony of guru shishya parampara.

Khan's more wealth and powerful students were pressing him to end Kurdikar's teaching due to her rapid progress.

[8] She quickly became known as a leading exponent of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, alongside Kesarbai Kerkar, Laxmibai Jadhav, and Azmat Hussain Khan.

Her daughter, Kishori Amonkar, would recount how Kurdikar had to travel to the venue of her performance in third class railway compartments, despite being a doyenne.

[27][28] ^ Gopalkrishna Bhobe: Kalaatm Gomantak ("Talented Goa") ^ This was at a time when it was difficult for classical musicians, in however high esteem, to support themselves.