As the news of Mehdi Hassan’s death spread in Kashmir yesterday, a pall of gloom descended on the artistic fraternity and ghazal lovers here.u00a0Mir Muneer, a renowned local singer who has performed alongside Mehdi Hassan during a ghazal concert said, “The emperor of ghazal singing is no more. He was the creator of a legendary style in ghazal singing and finally became a legend himself.”

RIP: Kashmiris, who learn Urdu right from the primary classes as it is the official language of the state, have always been great fans of Mehdi Hassan. File pic