Veena Sahasrabuddhe

Veena Sahasrabuddhe (14 September 1948 – 29 June 2016) was an Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music from Kanpur.

[citation needed] Her father Shankar Shripad Bodas was a contemporary of Omkarnath Thakur and Vinayakrao Patwardhan, and one of the earliest students of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar who founded the famous Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.

[citation needed] Bodas was specially invited by Paluskar to move to Kanpur from Mumbai and spread music.

[citation needed] Bodas and Shanta migrated to Kanpur in 1926, founded a Sangit Samaj and began teaching students, inviting other performers and propagating music.

[citation needed] Veena's mother Shanta was also a singer and taught music in local schools in Kanpur.