Bindhyavasini Devi | |
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| Born | (1920-01-05)5 January 1920 Muzaffarpur,Bihar, India |
| Died | 18 April 2006(2006-04-18) (aged 86) 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 ofVindhya Kala Mandir, aPatna 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 inMuzaffarpur in the Indian state ofBihar and specialised inMaithili,Bhojpuri andMagahi 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]
TheGovernment of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian award ofPadma Shri in 1974.[7] TheSangeet Natak Akademi awarded her their annualaward in 1991[8][2] and followed it up withAkademi Fellowship in 2006.[9][10] She received theAhilya Bai Award from theGovernment of Madhya Pradesh in 1998.[1][2] Bindhyavasini Devi died at herKankarbagh 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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