{"id":3053,"date":"2018-06-25T10:32:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T10:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:41:30","slug":"chekkera-pancham-bopanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/chekkera-pancham-bopanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Chekkera\u00a0Pancham\u00a0Bopanna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chekkera<\/a>  Pancham  Bopanna was born on 1 February 1981. He was brought up in Hudikeri, Kodagu<\/a> and presently\"\" residing in Mysore. He is a classical singer<\/a> and grandson of one of the most prominent Kodava classical singer Late Chekkera<\/a> Appaiah who was also known as \u201cCoorg Star\u201d.<\/p>\n

Most of his songs are on youtube<\/a> for ready referance<\/p>\n

Family<\/h2>\n

Father<\/h3>\n

Chekkera<\/a> Thyagaraj<\/p>\n

Mother<\/h3>\n

Chekkera<\/a> Sushila<\/p>\n

Wife<\/h3>\n

Chekkera<\/a> (Ballyamanda) Navya Kusuma<\/p>\n

Children<\/h3>\n

Chirag Chinnappa<\/p>\n

Bihag Bopaiah<\/p>\n

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Education<\/h2>\n

Completed his SSLC from Janata High School Hudikeri, did his PUC in Srimangala. Later he went to Gadag, Pandit Panchakshari Gavai Music College to do his Bachelor\u2019s in Music. He completed his Master\u2019s in Hindustani classical music from Karnataka University Dharwad in the year 2011.<\/p>\n

Career<\/h2>\n

Although he was from a family of Musicians he was not very keen on learning music during his younger days. He was inspired by Ustad Mehdi Hassan, Gulam Ali, Hariharan and Ustad Rashid Khan to learn Music. He developed an interest in music at the age of 25 and went to Gadag to pursue his career in Music. His Father and Late Pandit Sri Krishna Hanagal were his Gurus.<\/p>\n

Achievements<\/h2>\n