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Teejan Bai

1956 - Today

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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Teejan Bai is the 2,233rd most popular musician (down from 2,190th in 2019), the 966th most popular biography from India (down from 901st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Teejan Bai ranks 2,233 out of 3,175. Before her are Tyler Joseph, Mahmood, Tom Chaplin, Sylvain Sylvain, Guy Fletcher, and Guy Berryman. After her are Chris Frantz, Taiji, Kamasi Washington, Branford Marsalis, Alla Rakha, and Lee Jong-hyun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Teejan Bai ranks 576. Before her are Fiona Fullerton, Enele Sopoaga, Erick Zonca, Frank Andersson, Albert Pobor, and Rob Paulsen. After her are Jean-René Bernaudeau, Michael Cooper, Vladimir Fyodorov, Sergey Andreyev, Luigi Negri, and Charalambos Cholidis.

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In India

Among people born in India, Teejan Bai ranks 966 out of 1,861. Before her are Tariq Anwar (1945), Jadav Payeng (1963), Medha Patkar (1954), Alka Yagnik (1966), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), and Aasif Mandvi (1966). After her are Leslie Claudius (1927), Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), Amol Palekar (1944), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Vasundhara Raje (1953), and Joseph Galibardy (1915).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Teejan Bai ranks 18. Before her are Barry Hay (1948), M. M. Keeravani (1961), K. S. Chithra (1963), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), and Salil Chowdhury (1925). After her are M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), Rajesh Roshan (1955), and P.V.R. Raja (1985).

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