Teejan bai biography samples

Indian singer

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.

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

Pandvani gayika teejan bai

Teejan Bai learned Pandavani at a young age and has performed all over the world, facing hardship due to being married at 12 and ostracized for her passion.

Pandavani dance of chhattisgarh

Before Teejan Bai became a world-renowned singer, she was a little girl who had to fight for her freedom to sing.

Teejan Bai is an exponent of Pandvani, a traditional performing art form, from Chhattisgarh in which she enacts tales from the Mahabharata.

Biography

Early life

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 PardhiScheduled Tribe of Chhattisgarh state.

The eldest among her five siblings, she heard her maternal grandfather, Brijlal Pardhi, recite the Mahabharata written by Chhattisgarhi writer, Sabal Singh Chauhan in Chhattisgarhi Hindi and instantly took a liking to it.

She soon memorised much of it,