India, Jan. 17 -- Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Shri awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. This news confirmed by the legend's daughter-in-law Namrata Gupta Khan.

Namrata along with Ustad's picture, wrote, "With a very heavy heart, I inform you all that my father-in-law the pillar of our family and a legend of our nation, Padma Vibhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan sahab has left for his heavenly abode."

Soon after that veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar also took to her Twitter and wrote, "Mujhe abhi abhi ye dukhad khabar mili hai ki mahan shastriya gayak Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Saheb is duniya mein nahi rahe. Ye sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Wo gayak to acche the hee par insaaan bhi bahut ...