Bindhyavasini Devi | |
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Born | 5 January 1920 Muzzafarpur, Bihar, India |
Died | 18 April 2006 Kankarbagh, Patna, Bihar, India |
Occupation | Folk musician |
Known for | Indian folk music |
Spouse | Shedeveshvar Chandra Verma |
Children | Two sons- (Santosh Kumar Sinha and Sudhir Kumar Sinha) and one daughter- (Pushparani Madhu) |
Awards | Padma Shri Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Ahilya Bai Award |
Bindhyavasini Devi (died 2006) was an Indian folk musician. She was popularly recognised as Bihar Kokila. She was the founder of Vindhya Kala Mandir, a Patna based music academy promoting folk music, Vindhya Kala Mandir. The academy is associated with Bhatkhande University, Lucknow for 55 years now which is now run by her daughter-in-law Shobha Sinha, son Sudhir Kumar Sinha. [1] [2] She was born in Muzzafarpur in the Indian state of Bihar and specialised in Maithili, Bhojpuri and Magahi folk music. [1] She also sang a popular song, Chhote Dulha Ke, in a movie, Vivah Geet [3] and many of her songs have been released in CD format. [4] [5] [6]
The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1974. [7] The Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded her their annual award in 1991 [8] [2] and followed it up with Akademi Fellowship in 2006. [9] [10] She received the Ahilya Bai Award from the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1998. [1] [2] Bindhyavasini Devi died at her Kankarbagh residence on 18 April 2006 at the age of 86.
She was married to Shedeveshvar Chandra Verma, and had two sons and a daughter. [1] [2]
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