India's most revered singer melody queen Lata Mangeshkar who has mesmerised music lovers with her celestial voice for over six decades celebrated her 79th birthday with family members in her Pune home today.

Didi as she is fondly called by family, fans and admirers is rarely in Mumbai on her birthday.

She was last heard in Vikram Bhatt's "1920" where she shared playback credits with Pandit Jasraj and Asha Bhosale.

Lata's brother Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar organised a musical concert 'Didi ani mi' (Didi and I) at the Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir in Pune in her honour.

The legendary singer was introduced to intricacies of classical music by her father master Dinanath Mangeshkar.

She did a few Marathi films like 'Pahili Mangalagaur', 'Majhe Bal', 'Gaja Bhau' and even few Hindi movies like 'Badi Maa', 'Jeevan Yatra' and 'Samudra Mandir'.

She is listed in the Guiness Book of World records as the most recorded artist in the world.

Today, the legendary singer sits pretty, occasionally crooning for selected numbers especially that of filmmaker Yash chopra's films and many non-film albums.