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| name = Bhikhudan<br />
Gadhvi<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|09|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gujarat]], India<br />
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| occupation = Folk singer<br />Song writer<br />
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| known for = [[Music of Gujarat|Gujarati folk music]]<br />
| spouse = Gajraba<br />
| children = One son<br />
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| signature = Bhikhudan Gadhvi Signature.svg<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />Gujarat Gaurav Award<br />[[Kavi Kag Award|Shri Dula Bhaya Kag Award]]<br />
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'''Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi''' (born 1948) is an Indian folk singer and songwriter, known as a proponent of ''[[Music of Gujarat|Dayro]]'', a narrative singing tradition of Gujarat.<ref name="Three from Gujarat among Padma awardees">{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/three-from-gujarat-among-padma-awardees/ | title=Three from Gujarat among Padma awardees | newspaper=Indian Express | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of the Gujarat Gaurav Award of the Government of Gujarat and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="SNA Awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.html#TraditionalFolkTribalDanceMusicTheatrePuppetry | title=SNA Awards | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to folk music.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archive-date=2017-08-03 |url-status=dead | df= }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Bhikhudan Gadhvi was born on 19 September 1948 in [[Manekvada]], a village in [[Junagadh district]] of the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Journey to the Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-JUN-OMC-gujarats-bhikhudan-gadhvi-to-get-padma-shri-award-5232393-PHO.html | title=Journey to the Padma Shri | publisher=Divya Bhaskar daily | work=News report | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Folklore Rattan: Bhikhudana Gadhvi">{{cite web | url=http://www.gujaraticlub.in/2010/03/f4ag_01.html | title=Folklore Rattan: Bhikhudana Gadhvi | publisher=Gujarati Club | work=Web article | date=2016 | access-date=29 July 2016 | author=Manoj Shukla}}</ref> He started singing at the age of ten and after completing his secondary school education, he made his debut as a singer at the age of 20.<ref name="Gujarat’s Bhikhudan Gadhvi to get Sangeet Natak Akademi award">{{cite web | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2010/02/16/gujarats-bhikhudan-gadhvi-to-get-sangeet-natak-akademi-award/ | title=Gujarat’s Bhikhudan Gadhvi to get Sangeet Natak Akademi award | publisher=Desh Gujarat | date=16 February 2010 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> Reading the works of [[Jhaverchand Meghani]] and [[Dula Bhaya Kag]] early in his life is reported to have inspired [[Gadhvi]] to take up song writing and he focused on Dayro tradition, a folk music tradition of Gujarat where the performer sings narrative stories. He has since performed in many countries such as the US, UK and Indonesia and has over 350 audio albums to credit which include popular tracks like ''Bhadanu Makan'' and ''Khandaninu Khamir''.<ref name="Gujarat’s Bhikhudan Gadhvi to get Sangeet Natak Akademi award" /><br />
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Gadhvi received the ''Gujarat Gaurav Award'' of the Government of Gujarat<ref name="Three from Gujarat among Padma awardees" /> before the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] awarded him the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|Akademi Puraskar]] in 2009.<ref name="SNA Awards" /> The Government of India included him the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honors]] list for the civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2016.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He is also a recipient of the [[Kavi Kag Award|Shri Dula Bhaya Kag Award]] in 2009.<ref name="Gujarat’s Bhikhudan Gadhvi to get Sangeet Natak Akademi award" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-11 |title=Bhikhudan Gadhvi to get Dula Kag award 2009 |url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2009/10/11/bhikhudan-gadhvi-to-get-dula-kag-award-2009/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=DeshGujarat |language=en-US}}</ref> He is married to Gajraba and they have a son, Bharatbhai.<ref name="Anandiben felicitates folksinger Bhikhudan Gadhavi">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/good-governance/gujarat/Anandiben-felicitates-folksinger-Bhikhudan-Gadhavi/articleshow/51681007.cms | title=Anandiben felicitates folksinger Bhikhudan Gadhavi | newspaper=Times of India | date=4 April 2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> The family lives in [[Junagadh]] in Gujarat.<ref name="Three from Gujarat among Padma awardees" /><br />
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== Selected discography ==<br />
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.in/Bhikhudan-Gandhvi-Sankriti-Gadhvi/dp/B00IZZ09VW/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1469781622&sr=1-3 | title=Bhikhudan Gandhvi Sankriti | publisher=T Series | people=Bhikhudan Gadhvi, Hamir Gadhvi, Hemant Chauhan, Rohit P. Rathod, Prabhat Barot, Muldas Rathod | medium=MP3 CD | ASIN=B00IZZ09VW}}<br />
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.in/Sheth-Sagalsha-Lokvarta-Bhikhudan-Gadhvi/dp/B001PEU54G/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1469781622&sr=1-2 | title=Sheth Sagalsha-Lokvarta | publisher=T Series | people=Bhikhudan Gadhvi | medium=Audio CD | year=2007 | ASIN=B001PEU54G}}<br />
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.in/Lok-Katha-Bhakti-Bhikhudan-Gadhvi/dp/B00KQHIQSU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1469781622&sr=1-1 | title=Katha Bhakti Ras | publisher=T Series | people=Bhikhudan Gadhvi, Kanji Bhuta Barot, Magan Vada, Rohit P. Rathod, Nanji Bhai Makwana, Popatgiri Bapu | medium=MP3 CD | year=2014 | ASIN=B00KQHIQSU}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Music of Gujarat]]<br />
*[[Charan]]<br />
* [[Jhaverchand Meghani]]<br />
* [[Dula Bhaya Kag]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v56Ay2Qs18E | title=Dayro By Bhikhudan Gadhvi | publisher=Gujarati Jalso | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=2 September 2014 | access-date=29 July 2016}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.gujaraticlub.info/2010/03/f4ag_01.html | title=Folklore Rattan: Bhikhudana Gadhvi | publisher=Gujarati Club | work=Web article | date=2016 | access-date=29 July 2016 | author=Manoj Shukla}}<br />
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