Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar died on Sunday at the age of 92 due to multiple organ failure.

Gaurav Sharma, the curator of a museum dedicated to the singer for the past 35 years, joined the country in mourning her loss. Speaking to news agency ANI, he said, “The whole world is crying today. India has become deaf. Lata Ji has left an eternal legacy.” 

The museum, located at Sharma’s Meerut residence, boasts of a vast collection of the late singer’s cassettes, CDs, articles, and vinyl records. 

Anguished beyond words: Tributes pour in after Lata Mangeshkar’s death

“The collection is to show the legacy of Lata ji and her life. It is a dedication to my Guru. This collection belongs to all. Didi is like an ocean and I have devoted 35 years of my life to this. This is a tribute to my Guru,” Sharma, who is now a special educator in the UP education department, shared. 

He pledged to take her legacy forward in the future.

“We consider the collection as a national treasure. The collection is named ‘Latanjali’. If anything is published on Lata ji, then it is in my collection,” he told ANI.

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar dies at 92, 2-day national mourning declared

The Bharat Ratna awardee was admitted to Mumbai’s Bridge Candy hospital on January 8 after testing positive for COVID-19 and being diagnosed with pneumonia.

Meanwhile, two days of national mourning have been declared following Mangeshkar’s death. The national flag will fly at half-mast, and a state funeral will be accorded to her. 

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to pay tribute to the singing legend.”I am anguished beyond words. The kind and caring Lata Didi has left us. She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled. The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerise people,” he tweeted.