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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Raghunath Prasanna
| image = Raghunath Prasanna Bansuri.jpg
| caption = Raghunath Prasanna at [[All India Radio]]
| birth_date = 1913
| death_date = {{death year and age|1999|1913}}
| instrument = [[Bansuri]], [[shehnai]]
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]
| occupation = Instrumentalist
}}

Pandit '''Raghunath Prasanna''' (1913 – June 1999) was an Indian classical [[shehnai]] and [[bansuri|flute]] player. He was known for using the techniques of shehnai in flute playing, also inspired by vocal music.

[[File:Raghunath Prasanna Tripura Bansuri.jpg|thumbnail|Raghunath Prasanna playing Tripura Bansuri in a concert]]

==Personal life and family==
Raghunath was born in 1913 in [[Varanasi]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=snaa>{{cite web|publisher=Sangeet Natak Academi Award|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=428&at=2|title=Raghunath Prasanna|accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref>

He was married to Saraswati Devi. They had seven children. One of them is the flute and shehnai player [[Rajendra Prasanna]], whose son [[Rishab Prasanna|Rishab]], Rajesh and Ritesh play the bansuri.

==Career==
Raghunath Prasanna got his musical training from his father Gauri Shanker, a shehnai player, and from Dauji Mishra from Varanasi. He was the first person in the family to introduce the art of flute (tripura bansuri and Krishna bansuri) in the family tradition, known until then for shehnai playing.

At an early age, Prasanna worked as a Staff Artiste at various [[All India Radio]] stations, including [[Lucknow]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Ranchi]]. Afterwards, he attended [[Banaras Hindu University]] and eventually received a seat in the Song and Drama Division of the [[Government of India]].<ref name=snaa/>

Raghunath was also known for playing Tripura and Krishna bansuris.

His techniques have been adopted by his younger brothers and disciples Vishnu and [[Bholanath Prasanna]]s, his sons Rakesh and [[Rajendra Prasanna]]s, [[Niranjan Prasad]], and [[Bhanu Majumdar|Bhanu]] and [[Ronu Majumdar]]s.

[[Alain Daniélou]] has recorded his shehnai and tripura bansuri on the album ''[[Anthology of Indian Classical Music – A Tribute to Alain Daniélou|Anthology of Indian Classical Music]]'' in 1955.

Prasanna received the [[Sangeet Natak Academi Award]] (1996).<ref name=snaa/>

==References==
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== External links==
*{{Official site|http://www.prasannaflute.com}}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0002301121}}

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