Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)
Udupi, Nov 14: Sheikh Jaleel Saheb, a resident of Kaup, who used to play Nagaswara instrument during fairs of Kaup new Marigudi temple, died of cardiac arrest on Monday. He was known as the ‘Epitome of Communal Harmony’.
The 54-year-old had gone out of his house with the Nagaswara instrument. As he sat to have a cup of tea in a hotel, he suffered cardiac arrest. Though he was rushed to the hospital, he breathed his last.
Jaleel Saheb is survived by wife, daughter, brother and scores of his fans. Though Jaleel Saheb belonged to a Muslim family, he used to serve Hindu Gods in temple. He used to play Nagaswara during Kola ad Ashlesha Bali rituals also.
Jaleel Saheb continued the tradition of playing Nagaswara that he got from his father Baban Saheb and grandfather Imam Saheb. He was playing Nagaswara for the last 40 years.