Pandit Manas chakraborty
Pandit Manas Chakraborty (9 September 1942 – 12 December 2012) was an Indian Classical vocalist. He was taught music by his father Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty. He created the Kotali Gharana. Manas Chakraborty performed at many music conferences and programs including the Allauddin Music Conference (1976), the 5th RIMPA Music Festival (Benaras, 1984), and the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav (Pune, 1984). He was a writer and composer, and used the pseudonym Sadasant or Sadasant Piya for composing bandishes. He composed many Bengali songs. He wrote a book with Bengali poems named "Tumio Bhetore Neel Nakhastra" edited by Maitrayee Bandyopadhyay and published by Pratibhas Publication.