Mumbai: Renowned Indian classical singer Kishori Amonkar passed away in the early hours of Tuesday says her family. She was 84.

She breathed her last at her Dadar West home in India’s Mumbai.

In her singing career spanning seven decades, she was revered as ‘Gaan-Saraswati’. Belonging to the Jaipur Gharana, she was conferred the Padma Vibhushan and Sahitya Akademi Award among many others.

A widow, she is survived by two sons and grandchildren.