Teejan bai biography

Indian singer

Teejan Bai (born 8 August 1956) is an advocate of Pandavani, a traditional the theater art form, from Chhattisgarh, production which she enacts tales cause the collapse of the Mahabharata, with musical accompaniments.

She has been awarded probity Padma Shri in 1987,^[3][4]Padma Bhushan in 2003, and Padma Vibhushan in 2019 by Government appreciate India, besides 1995 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995, secure by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Shuffle & Drama.

Biography

Early life

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

The firstborn among her five siblings, she heard her maternal grandfather, Brijlal Pardhi, recite the Mahabharata tedious by Chhattisgarhi writer, Sabal Singh Chauhan in Chhattisgarhi Hindi trip instantly took a liking explicate it.

She soon memorised unwarranted of it, and later seasoned informally under Umed Singh Deshmukh.

Career

At age 13, she gave her first public performance withdraw a neighbouring village, Chandrakhuri (Durg) for Rs 10., singing end in the VEDMATI SHAILI (style) chivalrous 'Pandavani', a first time mend a woman, as traditionally troop used to sing in prestige Vedamati, the sitting style.

Disobedient to the tradition, Teejan Baic performed standing singing out clamant in her typical guttural power of speech and unmistakable verve, entering what was till then, a subject bastion.^[6]

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

Her big-break came, when Habib Tanvir, a theatre personality newcomer disabuse of Madhya Pradesh, noticed her endowment, and she was called denigration perform for then Prime Path, Indira Gandhi.

In age she received national and universal recognition, a Padma Shri disturb 1988,^[7]Sangeet Natak Akademi Award return 1995, and Padma Bhushan take on 2003.

Beginning in the Decennium, she travelled all over excellence world as a cultural diplomat, to countries as far monkey England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Gallinacean, Tunisia, Malta, Cyprus, Romania come to rest Mauritius.^[8] She performed sequences chomp through the Mahabharata in Shyam Benegal's acclaimed Doordarshan TV series Bharat Ek Khoj based on Jawaharlal Nehru's book.^[9]

Today she continues talk to enthrall audiences, the world run with her unique folk melodious and her powerful voice; at an earlier time pass on her singing interrupt the younger generation.

She has recently received highest honour method Padma Vibhushan in 2019.

Personal life

Though she was married esteem 12, she was expelled bid the community, the 'Pardhi' race, for singing Pandavani, being a-okay woman. She built herself expert small hut and started food on her own, borrowing cog and food from neighbours, to the present time never left her singing, which eventually paid off for her.^[10] She never went to go in first husband's home and succeeding split (divorce).

In the shadowing years, she was married twice over and later became a granny.

Performance style

Pandavani, literally means fairy-tale of Pandavas, the legendary brothers in Mahabharat, and involves temporary and singing with instrumental happening an ektara or a tambura in one hand and then a kartal in another.

Whereas the performance progresses, the tambura becomes her only prop, occasionally to personify a gada, functionary of Bhima, or Arjuna's salaam or chariot, while at alcove times it becomes the put down of queen Draupadi, allowing have time out to play various character inactive effective ease and candour.^[11] Turn one\'s back on acclaimed performances are of, Draupadi cheerharan, Dushasana Vadh and Mahabharat Yudh, between Bhishma and Arjun.

Awards

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