India Storied on Instagram: "Bhimsen Joshi was eleven when he slipped out of his Dharwad home, chasing a guru. He rode train roofs, sang bhajans for coins, slept in stations. After wandering Gwalior and Lucknow, he returned to Karnataka to study under Sawai Gandharva (Rambhau Kundgolkar) of the Kirana gharana. Years of taan drills and breath work forged that open-throated sound—majestic khayal, tender abhangs. In 1953 he helped start the Sawai Gandharva festival in Pune to honour his guru; it be