Rare and Unseen: Lata Mangeshkar over the years

A legend for a legend. Lata Mangeshkar and music maestro A R Rahman have a candid moment.

Lata ji is snapped here with the late filmmaker Yash Chopra who considered her as his lucky mascot.

Now thats a bundle of legacy out there. Panchamda, Kishoreda, Lata Didi and Asha Tai captured in a frame.

Beauty in a frame. From -l-r actress Vyjanthimala, MS Subbulakshmi, Lata didi and Subbulakshmis daughter Radha Vishwanathan. Did you know that MS Subbulakshmi is the only other recipient of the coveted Bharat Ratna besides Lata didi?

At a recording with the effervescent Geeta Dutt and the legendary Raj Kapoor.

With the two generations of the Burmans, Sachin Dev Burman and Rahul Dev Burman.

With actress-singer Suraiya, music director Madan Mohan and his wife Sheila.

With her musical partner in crime, the legendary Rafi saab.

With the legendary trinity of evergreen cinema, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar.

A young Lata with her family in Kolhapur.

Fondly termed as Didi, Indias golden nightingale and a Bharat Ratna recipient, Lata Mangeshkar is a personality that requires no introduction. In a career spanning seven decades, she has sung in over 980 movies and in twenty regional Indian languages. We bring you some rare and unseen pictures of the living legend.