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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Teejan_BaiTeejan Bai - Wikipedia

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

  2. Mar 13, 2019 · Teejan was the oldest of five children born to underprivileged parents, Chunuk Lal Pardhi and Sukhwati in the remote village of Ganiyari, 15 km from the city of Bhilai. Like other girls in the village, she was expected to stay home, take care of the household chores and babysit her siblings.

  3. Mar 15, 2017 · Armed with a simple tambura, when Teejan Bai, 60, sings these songs in her Pandavani style, the epic becomes an unforgettable encounter. Sukhwati and Chunuk Lal Pardhi belonged to the traditional community of bird-catchers. Abject poverty drove them to make mats and brooms in Ganiyari village, about 15 km away from Bhilai, in Chhattisgarh.

  4. www.wikiwand.com › en › articlesTeejan Bai - Wikiwand

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

  5. Oct 14, 2018 · The 61-year-old folk artist from Chhattisgarh was in Japan to receive one of the country’s greatest honours, the Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize. It was the first time she had been formally...

  6. The 65-year-old, Teejan Bai, who lives in the Ganiyari village of Chhattisgarh, has been awarded India’s top honours such as the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan. The...

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  8. Jun 17, 2019 · So Teejan Bai learnt from her grandfather, who was a Pardhi, while Laxman Singh Dhruv of Chirko village learnt from Bisahu Sahu (Teli) and Khilavan Sen (Nayi). Indira Jangde, village Kuthrel, zila Raipur, learnt from Mangani Das Jhangde, her father-in-law, a Satnami.