Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish Passes Away Options

[Ashwin Batish]

It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of a great man, my father (Papajee), Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish. He was fighting congestive heart failure for nearly 2 years. He died peacefully this morning at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz California. He leaves his wife Smt. Shanta Devi Batish, his five children - Smt. Surendra Devi Batish, Shri Tarun Kumar Batish, Smt. Vijay Laxmi Batish, Shri Ashwin Kumar Batish, and Shri Ravi Kumar Batish and eight wonderful grand children that loved him so dearly.
Private services are being planned. Panditji would have been 92 in December this year.

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Condolences can be emailed to batishs@gmail.com, faxed to (831) 423-5172 or mailed to Batishs, 1310 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA.
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To all my father's fans, please stay in touch. He leaves us with a tremendous legacy that we will share with you all in the very near future. It was his wish to never stop reaching out to spread the musical word. He believed if we all spent more time studying music and other arts the world would be heaven. He often said "with music you no longer need to try going to heaven, you are already there!"

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We will sorely miss his presence and his phenominal grasp of culture, language, musical abilities, and humanity. I can only say that I and the rest of the Batish family members will try our level best to bring to you the teaching of this great personality. I aim to archive all his works and memorabilia at his home in Santa Cruz, California. USA and am seriously considering creating a non-profit foundation to carry on the work of my father.
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You are invited to visit his personal site at <a href="http://www.sdbatish.com">www.sdbatish.com</a>. Any old images, music, trivia on my father's professional musical career will be greatly cherished by my family.

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With great love and a very sad heart,
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Ashwin Batish<br>
info@batish.com

[Guru]

Im sorry for your loss. I hope you treasure the moments you had with ur father, My condolences to you and your family.

Guru

[sri]

Ashwin

Just saw your post here.

This is a great loss to all of us, no doubt. I was hopeful that you would be able to squeeze in a few more interviews with him about the music scene of those days. Another link with the golden age of music has departed, with your father.

May God give you and your family the strength to face this inevitable event.

We will be in touch....and do feel free to ask any of us for any assistance that you may need at this hour.

Sri