'Than gayi mauth se than gayi', song dedicated to Atal ji by Lata Mangeshkar

The song sung by Nightingale of India as a tribute to the late PM is originally a poem written by Vajpayee titled 'THAN GAYI MAUT SE THAN GAYI'.

Queen of Melody Lata Mangeshkar has dedicated an unreleased song to late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away following a prolonged illness on August 16.

The song sung by Nightingale of India as a tribute to the late PM is originally a poem written by Vajpayee titled 'THAN GAYI MAUT SE THAN GAYI'. She took to Twitter to express her condolences and later informed about the song too.

Rishitulya purva pradhan mantri Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji ke swargwas ki vaarta sunke mujhe aise (cont) https://t.co/1w1sEjs1eB

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 16, 2018

She also tweeted 'मेरे दद्दा अटलजी एक साधुपुरुष थे.हिमालय जैसे ऊँचे थे और गंगा जैसे पवित्र थे। मैंने उनकी कुछ कविताएँ जब रेकॉर्ड की थी तब ये एक कविता अल्बम में नहीं थी। वो कविता मैं आज उनकी याद को अर्पण करती हूँ.' (My brother Atalji was a saint, high as the Himalayas and sacred as Ganga. When I recorded some of his poems, this poem was not in the album. Today I am offering that poem in his memory.)

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"Rishitulya purva pradhan mantri Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji ke swargwas ki vaarta sunke mujhe aise laga jaise mere sar par pahaad toota hai, kyo ki main unko pita samaan maanti thi aur unhone mujhe apni beti banaaya tha.Mujhe wo itne priya the ki main unko dadda kehke bulaati thi.Aaj mujhe waisa dukh hua hai jaise mere pita ji ke swargwas ke samay hua tha.Ishwar unki aatma ko shanti de," she tweeted.

Rishitulya purva pradhan mantri Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji ke swargwas ki vaarta sunke mujhe aise (cont) https://t.co/1w1sEjs1eB

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 16, 2018