Did you know #BharatRatna #BhimsenJoshi loved automobiles with all his heart?

“Had I not been a classical singer, I would have loved to spend my entire life in a garage fine-tuning a Fiat or a Maruti,” was reportedly his oft-repeated line.
On a journey from Mumbai to Pune once, Bhimsen regaled a taxi driver with his music. Oblivious to his popularity, the driver wondered if Bhimsen would know how to fix an engine in case of an emergency.
To his surprise, Bhimsen helped the taxi driver fix the engine when the car later broke down in the middle of the journey.

The legendary singer was also passionate about long drives.
"There were no expressways back then, but he would drive long distances to places like Belgaum and Mangalore. In 1982, I remember Guruji singing for nine hours continuously after driving there; such stamina was rare", says his disciple Upendra Bhat.
Interestingly, a cream-coloured vintage Mercedes- Benz with chrome fittings still stands parked proudly at Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s #Kalashree bungalow in #Pune - a gleaming testimony to the legend's love for cars.

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