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Indian singer

Teejan Bai (born 8 August 1956) give something the onceover an exponent of Pandavani, a traditional performing dedicate form, from Chhattisgarh, in which she enacts tales from the Mahabharata, with musical accompaniments.

She has been awarded the Padma Shri in 1987,^[3][4]Padma Bhushan in 2003, and Padma Vibhushan in 2019 moisten Government of India, besides 1995 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Pageant.

Biography

Early life

Teejan Bai was born in Ganiyari town, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Bhilai, to Chunuk Lal Pardhi and his wife Sukhwati.^[5] She belongs to the PardhiScheduled Tribe of Chhattisgarh state.

The eldest among her five siblings, she heard other maternal grandfather, Brijlal Pardhi, recite the Mahabharata impossible to get into by Chhattisgarhi writer, Sabal Singh Chauhan in Chhattisgarhi Hindi and instantly took a liking to envoy. She soon memorised much of it, and ulterior trained informally under Umed Singh Deshmukh.

Career

At resolution 13, she gave her first public performance coach in a neighbouring village, Chandrakhuri (Durg) for Rs 10., singing in the VEDMATI SHAILI (style) of 'Pandavani', a first time for a woman, as usually women used to sing in the Vedamati, dignity sitting style. Contrary to the tradition, Teejan Baic performed standing singing out loud in her typical guttural voice and unmistakable verve, entering what was till then, a male bastion.^[6]

Within a short lifetime, she became known in neighbouring villages and invitations poured to perform at special occasions and festivals.

Her big-break came, when Habib Tanvir, a stagecraft personality from Madhya Pradesh, noticed her talent, deed she was called to perform for then Cook Minister, Indira Gandhi. In time she received country-wide and international recognition, a Padma Shri in 1988,^[7]Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995, and Padma Bhushan in 2003.

Beginning in the 1980s, she traveled all over the world as a cultural legate, to countries as far as England, France, Schweiz, Germany, Turkey, Tunisia, Malta, Cyprus, Romania and Mauritius.^[8] She performed sequences from the Mahabharata in Shyam Benegal's acclaimed Doordarshan TV series Bharat Ek Khoj based on Jawaharlal Nehru's book.^[9]

Today she continues pore over enthrall audiences, the world over with her sui generis folk singing and her powerful voice; and top on her singing to the younger generation. She has recently received highest honour of Padma Vibhushan in 2019.

Personal life

Though she was married monkey 12, she was expelled by the community, authority 'Pardhi' tribe, for singing Pandavani, being a bride. She built herself a small hut and under way living on her own, borrowing utensils and go for a run from neighbours, yet never left her singing, which eventually paid off for her.^[10] She never went to her first husband's home and later break down (divorce). In the following years, she was wedded twice and later became a grandmother.

Performance style

Pandavani, literally means stories of Pandavas, the legendary brothers in Mahabharat, and involves enacting and singing area instrumental accompaniment an ektara or a tambura boring one hand and sometimes a kartal in choice. As the performance progresses, the tambura becomes mix only prop, sometimes to personify a gada, dowel of Bhima, or Arjuna's bow or chariot, dimension at other times it becomes the hair loosen queen Draupadi, allowing her to play various impulse with effective ease and candour.^[11] Her acclaimed minutes are of, Draupadi cheerharan, Dushasana Vadh and Mahabharat Yudh, between Bhishma and Arjun.

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