Eminent Carnatic vocalist and playback singer Okay J Yesudas, who has captivated music lovers of all ages together with his dulcet tones throughout a profession spanning over six many years, turned 83 on Tuesday.

Social media was abuzz with birthday needs pouring in from superstars, singers, followers and politicians for Yesudas, additionally fondly known as ‘Dasettan’ by his admirers and shut pals with a particular puja being held on the Mookambika Temple at Kollur in Udupi district of Karnataka.

A particular occasion to have fun his birthday was organised in Kochi metropolis by the Yesudas Academy and was attended by the movie trade’s bigwigs like Mammooty, Siddique, Manoj Okay Jayan and distinguished playback singers, together with M G Sreekumar.

Yesudas, who attended the occasion on-line from the United States of America, thanked everybody for his or her birthday needs.

Malayalam megastar Mammootty additionally wished a ”thousand birthday needs to Dasettan” on Facebook and throughout the occasion held in Kochi.

Superstar Mohanlal conveyed his birthday needs to Yesudas on Facebook the place he stated ‘Dasettan’ was the pleasure of Kerala and there was hardly a Malayali around the globe who wouldn’t have heard his ”amrit swaram” (divine voice) at the very least as soon as a day.

”Heartfelt birthday needs to my beloved Dasettan,” he stated on his Facebook web page.

Award-winning singer Okay S Chithra additionally conveyed her birthday needs through social media to the ‘Gana Gandharvan’ (the celestial singer) — one other moniker, and a well-deserved one, by which he’s identified.

It can be an apt descriptor of the expertise he possesses and which has been displayed within the over 80,000 songs recorded by him in varied genres and nearly all languages of India.

”Happy Birthday needs to our one and solely Dasettan. The voice that touches each coronary heart. You are a real inspiration to singers. All my prayers in your good well being and properly being,” Chithra stated in her Facebook publish accompanied by a video of her wishing him.

In her video message, she stated that for the final three years ‘Dasettan’ has not come again to India and subsequently, everybody misses him dearly and had been ready to fulfill him.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan conveyed his birthday needs to Yesudas on Instagram.

The Chief Minister stated Yesudas, together with his incomparable singing model, created an incredible world of music.

”His contributions to the sphere of artwork and tradition are invaluable. Happy birthday to Ganagandharvan Okay J Yesudas,” Vijayan stated in his publish.

Leader of Opposition within the state meeting V D Satheesan, in his birthday needs to Yesudas, stated that his voice displays the life, happiness, love and longing of each Malayali.

”Every Malayali hears that voice at the very least as soon as a day,” he stated in his Facebook publish.

Yesudas has recorded over 25,000 movie songs, Carnatic bhajans and devotional songs.

Besides Indian languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Odia, he has additionally delivered to life songs in Arabic, English, Latin, and even Russian throughout an over six decade lengthy profession.

He has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2017, and is the recipient of eight nationwide awards, 25 Kerala state awards, 5 state awards of Tamil Nadu and 4 of Andhra Pradesh.

Known as one of many best playback singers within the nation, Yesudas started his music profession within the tinsel city with the Malayalam music ”Jathi bhedam matha dwesham” within the 12 months 1961 and sang in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies amongst different languages.

Some of his well-known Hindi songs, which went on to grow to be hits, included ‘Jab Deep Jale Aana’ and ‘Gori Tera Gaon Bada Pyara’.

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