| 1. Hariprasad Chaurasia abstains from smoking. |
| 2. Hariprasad Chaurasia refrains from consuming alcohol. |
| 3. He was raised by his father after his mother passed away when he was six, despite his father's wish for him to become a wrestler, he pursued music secretly. |
| 4. At the age of 15, Hariprasad Chaurasia started learning vocal music and later transitioned to studying the flute under Pandit Bholanath Prasanna. |
| 5. In 1957, he worked at All India Radio in Cuttack, Odisha, as a composer and performer. |
| 6. He furthered his music career in Mumbai by becoming a disciple of Annapurna Devi. |
| 7. Hariprasad Chaurasia plays the flute left-handed in accordance with Annapurna Devi's condition. |
| 8. His collaborations with Shivkumar Sharma involved composing music for various films, such as Chandni, Darr, Lamhe, and Silsila. |
| 9. He held the role of artistic director at Rotterdam Music Conservatory and founded Vrindavan Gurukul in Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar. |
| 10. Hariprasad Chaurasia engaged in musical collaborations with Western artists like John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, and Yehudi Menuhin. |
| 11. In 1968, he performed 'The Inner Light' for The Beatles. |
| 12. His son, Rajeev Chaurasia, directed the documentary 'Bansuri Guru' that highlights his musical legacy. |
| 13. Hariprasad Chaurasia is a subject in books such as 'Woodwinds of Change' and 'Hariprasad Chaurasia and the Art of Improvisation.' |
