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Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta is an inevitable name in the divine world of Rabindra Sangeet since the 90's.
Besides Rabindra Sangeets, she has shown her excellence in different fields of music, like, Sanskrit hymn (musicised by herself),
south Indian and English, Scottish & Irish original songs of the transcreated songs of Tagore.
She has received numerous awards during her illustrious career including Promothesh barua Award, Anandolok Award, Dishari (Film Journalist Award), and Millennium Kalakar Award for her outstanding contribution in Indian Music.
Swagatalakshmi has recorded the entire "Geetabitan" of Rabindranath Tagore, containing about 2023 songs, alone in a single album, named "Ekla Geetabitan" in 2006. The only instrument used is a Tanpura and Tabla. 'EKLA GEETABITAN' is available only from "ASHOKERENU".
The recording was started from February 9 and ended successfully in June 23 of the same year in only 105 days. A historical record of singing 118 songs on a day was made during her recording.
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