Page 47 - Seniorstoday March 2022 Issue

The Sindoor Lata Mangeshkar always sported the
vermillion on her forehead – a ritual only
married Hindu women do. While one knows
her tryst with royalty of the other kind, she
was unmarried and one wondered why she
always put it. Only actress and TV presenter
Tabassum dared to ask her once about it
and Lata replied that she put it for her god –
Music, putting an end to this controversy.

The Lata Mangeshkar Memorial
When Lata passed away last month, the
Maharashtra state government mulled
over building a memorial for her at the
iconic Shivaji Park ground in Mumbai
amidst resistance. The Mangeshkar family
requested for the memorial not to happen
there, nipping the controversy in the bud,
ensuring that she is not in any controversy
Always with Sindoor after her demise.

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