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An Exclusive Tribute to Birju Maharaj Pandit Birju Maharaj, the doyen of the Lucknow Gharana of Kathak, died at his home in Delhi in the early hours of Monday, his granddaughter said. He would have been 84 next month. Maharaj-ji, as he was popularly known, died surrounded by his family and disciples. They were playing ‘antakshari’ after dinner when he suddenly took ill, Ragini Maharaj told news agency PTI. The Kathak exponent, one of India’s best-known artistes, had been suffering from a kidney ailment and was under dialysis treatment. He probably died of a cardiac arrest, his granddaughter said. Pandit Birju Maharaj | Kathak | Feats on Beats | We took him to the hospital immediately but we could not save him, she said. A recipient of the country’s second-highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, he was born Brij Mohan Nath Mishra on February 4, 1937, in a well-known Kathak dancing family. The news comes just days after his nephew and disciple Pt Munna Shukla passed away following a brief illness at 78. कौन देश गयो सवारिया,पंडित बिरजू महाराज को श्रद्धांजलि,birjumaharaj,#birjumaharaj,legendary kathak dancer birju maharaj passes away,pm modi mourns demise,ragini maharaj,sangeet natak akademi award,birju maharaj dies,pandit birju maharaj dance,pandit birju maharaj kathak,pandit birju maharaj dies,birju maharaj passes away,birju maharaj news,pandit birju maharaj passes away,birju maharaj kathak dance,birju maharaj dance,padmavibhushan awardee pandit birju maharaj