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{{Short description|Musical artist (1840 – 1883)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jadunath Bhattacharya
| image = Jadunath Bhattacharya.png
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1840}}
| birth_place = [[Bishnupur kingdom|Bishnupur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1883|04|04|1840|04|04}}
| alma_mater=
| occupation = [[Vocalist]], [[Musician]]
| years_active = 1860 –1883
| father = Madhusudan Bhattacharya
| spouse =
| children =
| relatives =
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre = {{hlist||[[Indian classical music]]|[[Bengali classical music]]
}}
| instrument = [[Surbahar]], [[sitar]]
}}
|
}}
[[File:Jadu-Bhatta-honor.jpg|thumb|right|An old certificate awarded by Maharaja Satrughnaditya to Jadu Batta]]
'''Jadunath Bhattacharya''' (also known as '''Jadu Bhatta''') (1840 – 4 April 1883) was an Indian musician and composer of the 19th century Indian classical music, mainly of the [[Bishnupur gharana]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jadu Bhatta's 177-year-old tanpura finds place in Indian Museum |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/jadu-bhattas-177-year-old-tanpura-finds-place-in-indian-museum/articleshow/17344385.cms |website=The Times of India |date=24 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Saṃsada bāṅgālī caritābhidhāna. 1 |date=2013 |publisher=Sāhitya Saṃsada |location=Kalakātā |isbn=978-81-7955-135-6 |pages=600 |edition=Saṃśodhita 5. saṃskaraṇa, 2. mudraṇa}}</ref> In fact, he was, in the words of the poet, " a master of the hand of God".<ref>{{cite web |title=যদুভট্টের থেকে পালিয়ে বেড়াতেন রবীন্দ্রনাথ, স্বীকার করেছেন নিজের গানের সীমাবদ্ধতাও - Prohor |url=https://www.prohor.in/jadunath-bhattacharya-taught-music-to-rabindranath-tagore-in-his-young-age |website=যদুভট্টের থেকে পালিয়ে বেড়াতেন রবীন্দ্রনাথ, স্বীকার করেছেন নিজের গানের সীমাবদ্ধতাও - Prohor |language=en}}</ref> He enriched the music of the Bishnupur gharana with his own uniqueness and spread the taste of its beauty and flavor to different parts of the country, increasing his own unparalleled fame and the glory of Bengal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saha |first=Sanghamitra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amIwAQAAIAAJ&q=Jadunath+Bhattacharya |title=A Handbook of West Bengal |date=1998 |publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics |isbn=978-81-85692-24-1 |language=en}}</ref>

==Jadu Bhatta influence on Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim==
A mid-19th century tanpura that Dhrupad legend Jadu Bhatta used to play while giving lessons to icons like [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]] and [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jadu Bhatta's 177-year-old tanpura finds place in Indian Museum |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/jadu-bhattas-177-year-old-tanpura-finds-place-in-indian-museum/articleshow/17344385.cms |website=The Times of India |date=24 November 2012}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Rabindra Sangeet
! colspan="2" |Source - Original song by Jadu Bhatta
! colspan="2" |Raga, rhythm<ref>{{cite web |title=ভারতীয় শাস্ত্রীয় সংগীতের বিষ্ণুপুর ঘরানা |url=https://www.sahapedia.org/bhaarataiya-saasataraiya-samgaitaera-baisanaupaura-gharaanaa |website=Sahapedia |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]]
|[[Romanization of Bengali|Bengali phonemic transcription]]'''   '''
|[[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]]
|[[Romanization of Bengali|Bengali phonemic transcription]]'''   '''
|[[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]]
|[[Romanization of Bengali|Bengali phonemic transcription]]'''   '''
|-
|১) শূন্য হাতে ফিরি হে, নাথ
|1) Śūn'ya hātē phiri hē, nātha
|রুমঝুম বরখে আজো বদরবা
|Rumajhuma barakhē ājō badarabā
|কাফি, সুরফাঁকতাল
|Kāphi, suraphām̐katāla
|-
|২) আজি বহিছে বসন্ত পবন
|2) Āji bahichē basanta pabana
|আজু বহত সুগন্ধ পবন
|Āji bahuta sugandhi pabana
|বাহার, তেওড়া
|Bāhāra, tē'ōṛā
|-
|৩) আজি মম মন চাহে
|3) Āji mama mana cāhē
|ফুলিবন ঘন মোর আয়ে বসন্তরি
|Phulibana ghana mōra āẏē basantari
|বাহার, চৌতাল
|Bāhāra, cautāla
|-
|৪) জয় তব বিচিত্র আনন্দ
|4) Jaẏa taba bicitra ānanda
|জয় প্রবল বেগবতী সুরেশ্বরী
|Jaẏa prabala bēgabatī surēśbarī
|বৃন্দাবনী সারং, তেওড়া
|Br̥ndābanī sāraṁ, tē'ōṛā
|}

[[File:Vande Mataram on Mohan Veena.ogg|right|Vande Mataram Music|border]]
Bankim Chandra also became a musical disciple of Jadu Bhatta. He used to visit Bankim Chandra's house in Bhatpara, Naihati. He was the first composer of the "national anthem of [[Bengal]]" [[Vande Mataram]]. He first composed the song in the Kafi raga on the trital.<ref>{{cite web |title=স্বর্গীয় যদুনাথ ভট্টাচার্য্য (যদুভট্ট) |url=https://sargam93.com/2020/08/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/ |date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605124148/https://sargam93.com/2020/08/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/ |archive-date=5 June 2021 }}</ref>

==Legacy==
The 177-year-old tanpura used by Jadunath Bhattacharya is now preserved in the Kolkata Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jadu Bhatta's 177-year-old tanpura finds place in Indian Museum |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/jadu-bhattas-177-year-old-tanpura-finds-place-in-indian-museum/articleshow/17344385.cms |website=The Times of India |date=24 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা - কলকাতার কড়চা |url=http://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1121112/12karcha.html |website=archives.anandabazar.com |access-date=2024-12-08 |archive-date=2024-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214231434/http://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1121112/12karcha.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Memories==
[[Rabindranath Tagore]] -
{{blockquote|text="The uniqueness of his songs is not found in any other Hindustani song. It is doubtful whether anyone else has been born in modern India with a musical flair like Jadu Bhatta."<ref>{{cite book |title=Saṃsada bāṅgālī caritābhidhāna. 1 |date=2013 |publisher=Sāhitya Saṃsada |location=Kalakātā |isbn=978-81-7955-135-6 |pages=600 |edition=Saṃśodhita 5. saṃskaraṇa, 2. mudraṇa}}</ref>}}

== Books ==
[[File:Sangit Manjari 1.png|thumb|right|Sangit Manjari Book written by Ramaprasanna Bandyopadhyay]]
The Bengali and Hindi songs he composed have been published in the book "Sangita Manjari" and the introduction of some songs in the book "Bishnupur" written by Ramaprasanna Bandyopadhyay.
*{{cite book |last1=Bandyopādhyāẏa |first1=Rāmaprasanna |title=Sangita manjari |date=1935 |publisher=Kuntalin Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fDokMwEACAAJ |language=bn}}

==In popular culture==
===Film===
* Indian film director [[Niren Lahiri]] made a film, ''[[Jadu Bhatta (film)|Jadu Bhatta]]'' (1954). This movie received the 2nd [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikisource|Author:Jadunath Bhattacharya|Jadunath Bhattacharya}}
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[[Category:1840 births]]
[[Category:1883 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian musicians]]
[[Category:Indian composers]]
[[Category:Bishnupur gharana]]

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