About me

Dhananjay started learning Tabla from his father Late. Vishnupanth Puranik and later polished his Tabla skills from Shri. Mangesh Avsare.

He started accompanying renowned "Kirtanakaris" on Tabla from a very tender age. After that he started accompanying well known artistes. To name few of them, were Pt. Ramdas Kamat, Pt. Shivanand Patil, Pt. Prabhakar Karekar, Shri. Shaunak Abhisheki, Shri. Ajit Kadkade, Shri. Lalji desai, Shri. Sharad Jambekar, Smt. Faiyaaz, Smt. Ranjani Joshi, Smt. Bakul Pandit, Smt. Madhuvanti Dandekar, Smt. Asha Khandilkar, Kirti Shiledar, Archana Kanhere and many others. He has also performed at Radio, Natyasangeet Sammelans and on Doordarshan.

He has won many awards from organizations such has Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh (Girgaon), Akhil Bhartiya Natya Parishad, Baal Gandharva Rasik Mandal (Pune), Bramhan Sabha (Girgaon), and many more. He has also performed at Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, Sharjah, and Abudhabi.