Lata Mangeshkar’s songs preserved in 7,600 gramophone records in Indore’s private museum

A museum in Indore in Madhya Pradesh has a collection of 7,600 rare gramophone records of songs of melody queen Late Lata Mangeshkar .Suman Chourasia, who set up this 1600 square feet museum in Pigdambar area in 2008, told PTI that his grief was beyond words."Lata Didi's demise, a day after Vasant Panchami, has left millions of music lovers like me deeply shocked. I met Lata Didi in 2019 for the last time and could not meet her after that due to the (COVID-19) pandemic," he said.

Chourasia said he started saving gramophone records of Mangeshkar's songs from 1965, which has now turned into a collection of 7,600 gramophone records, occupying pride of place in the 'Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Gramophone Record Museum'."Lata Didi has sung in 32 Indian and foreign languages as well as dialects. Many of her rare songs are among them,” he said.Besides songs, the museum also has photographs and books associated with the icon,who was born in Indore on September 28, 1929. Legendary singer and Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the age of 92 on Sunday at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital after battling with Covid-19 and pneumonia for several weeks. The Central government announced two days of state mourning today and tomorrow during which the National Flag will be flown at half-mast throughout India.