'The world of music lost its mother'

'Lata didi's voice was as pure as a bell that rings in a temple.'

She was immortal.

That is what everyone thought.

Lata Mangeshkar, everyone believed, would live on forever.

The magic of her voice will.

But the shock of her demise on February 6 has left the musical world reeling.

 

'Jaate jaate Lataji aashirwad de gayi'
Shailendra Singh
Singer

 

'The world of music lost its mother'
Salim Merchant
Composer, singer

 

'Lata didi's swar daan'
Ronu Majumdar
Flautist

 

'Lata didi showed us how to sing perfectly'
Anup Jalota
Singer

 

'Lataji was God's blessing'
Kailash Kher
Singer, composer

 

'I was blessed that Lata Mangeshkar sang for me'
Hema Malini
Actor, MP

 

'This void is going to remain forever'
A R Rahman
Composer, singer

 

'Lataji was a true Bharat Ratna'
Shatrughan Sinha
Actor, politician

 

'Lata didi's voice was as pure as a bell that rings in a temple'
Pandit Sajan Mishra
Classical vocal exponent
Lataji's singing soothes our soul'
Puranchand Wadali
Sufi exponent

 

'Lata didi was Hindustan's pride'
Ustad Rashid Khan
Classical vocalist

 

'A personal loss'
Madhur Bhandarkar
Film-maker

 

'Film music can be divided into Before Lata and After Lata'
Harish Bhimani
Voice artiste, Lata Mangeshkar biographer

 

'End of an era'
Pandit Somesh Mathur
Singer, composer, song writer