Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (Kannada: ????? ?????? ??????? ????, born February 4, 1922) is a renowned Indian vocalist. A descendant of the Kirana Gharana (stream) of Hindustani classical music tradition, he is particularly renowned for the Khayal form of singing, and for his bhajans. Until the first half of the 20th century, khayal was principally taught in the Guru Shishya (or the master-disciple) tradition. Bhimsen's guru Sawai Gandharva was the chief disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, who along with his cousin Abdul Waheed Khan was the founder of the Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani music.