Anup Jalota, popularly called the 'Bhajan Samrat', is famous for singing:

Explanation

Anup Jalota is one of India's most popular singers of bhajans, or Hindu devotional songs. Because of his popularity and long career in devotional music, he is known as the "Bhajan Samrat" (Emperor of Bhajans). He received the Padma Shri in 2012.

Anup Jalota was born in 1953 in Nainital, in present-day Uttarakhand. His father, Purushottam Das Jalota, was himself a well-known bhajan singer, and he gave his son his first training in music. Anup Jalota later studied at the Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow. He began his career as a chorus singer at All India Radio and became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s through his albums and concerts. His soft, melodious voice and his simple, heartfelt style made devotional songs popular with a very wide audience. His famous bhajans include "Aisi Lagi Lagan", "Main Nahi Makhan Khayo" and "Jag Mein Sundar Hain Do Naam". He has also sung ghazals and has performed in many countries.

A bhajan is a devotional song sung in praise of God. The tradition of bhajans grew strongly during the Bhakti movement, when saint-poets composed songs in the languages of ordinary people rather than in Sanskrit. The songs of Meerabai, Surdas, Tulsidas and Kabir in North India, and of Purandara Dasa in Karnataka, are still sung as bhajans today. Bhajans are usually simple in melody and are often sung in groups at temples and homes, accompanied by the harmonium, dholak and cymbals. Other famous bhajan singers include Hari Om Sharan and Narendra Chanchal.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Qawwalis are the devotional songs of the Sufi tradition, linked with singers such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
• ✗Dhrupad is the oldest form of Hindustani classical vocal music, linked with the Dagar family.
• ✗Rabindra Sangeet is the body of songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore.