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{{Short description|Indian folk musician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bindhyavasini Devi
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| birth_date = 5 January 1920
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Bihar]], India
| death_date = 18 April 2006
| death_place = [[Kankarbagh]], [[Patna]], Bihar, India
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| occupation = Folk musician
| yearsactive =
| known for = Indian folk music
| spouse = Shedeveshvar Chandra Verma
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| children = Two sons- (Santosh Kumar Sinha and Sudhir Kumar Sinha) and one daughter- (Pushparani Madhu)
| parents =
| website =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br>[[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]<br>Ahilya Bai Award
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'''Bindhyavasini Devi''' (died 2006) was an Indian folk musician. She was popularly recognised as Bihar Kokila. She was the founder of ''Vindhya Kala Mandir'', a [[Patna]] 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.<ref name="Folk singer Bindhyavasini Devi is dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/04/18/folk-singer-bindhyavasini-devi-is-dead-1145372756.html | title=Folk singer Bindhyavasini Devi is dead | publisher=One India | date=18 April 2006 | access-date=14 June 2015}} {{dead link|date=October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Nitish condoles Bindhyavasini Devi's death">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20060419/310289.html | title=Nitish condoles Bindhyavasini Devi's death | publisher=Web India News | date=19 April 2006 | access-date=14 June 2015 | archive-date=26 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105746/http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20060419/310289.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> She was born in [[Muzzafarpur|Muzaffarpur]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]] and specialised in [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] and [[Magahi language|Magahi]] folk music.<ref name="Folk singer Bindhyavasini Devi is dead" /> She also sang a popular song, ''Chhote Dulha Ke'', in a movie, ''Vivah Geet''<ref name="Chhote Dulha Ke">{{cite web | url=http://www.saavn.com/p/song/hindi/Hindi-Bibah-Geet/Chhote-Dulha-Ke/JwITBDp9RlQ | title=Chhote Dulha Ke | publisher=Saavn | date=2015 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> and many of her songs have been released in CD format.<ref name="Chhote Dulha Ke 2">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chhote-Dulha-Ke/dp/B00LRY8J6U | title=Chhote Dulha Ke 2 | publisher=Inreco - The Indian Record Mfg Co | date=2010 | ASIN=B00LRY8J6U}}</ref><ref name="Palki Charal Awe">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.de/Palki-Charal-Awe/dp/B00LSQ23T6 | title=Palki Charal Awe | publisher=Inreco - The Indian Record Mfg Co | date=2010 | ASIN=B00LSQ23T6}}</ref><ref name="ITunes">{{cite web | url=https://music.apple.com/mn/artist/bindhyabasini-devi/322483392 | title=ITunes | publisher=ITunes | date=2015 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>

The [[Government of India]] awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1974.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> The [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] awarded her their annual [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|award]] in 1991<ref name="Folk singer Bindhyabasini Devi is dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/04/18/folk-singer-bindhyabasini-devi-is-dead-1145372756.html | title=Folk singer Bindhyabasini Devi is dead | publisher=One India | date=18 April 2006 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Nitish condoles Bindhyavasini Devi's death" /> and followed it up with [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Akademi Fellowship]] in 2006.<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar">{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2015 |access-date=14 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023617/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Indian Affairs Annual 2005">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2gZRxXfQesC&q=Bindhya+Basini+Devi&pg=PA46 | title=Indian Affairs Annual 2005 | publisher=Gyan Publishing House | author=Mahendra Gaur | year=2007 | pages=2813 | isbn=9788178354347}}</ref> She received the ''Ahilya Bai Award'' from the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] in 1998.<ref name="Folk singer Bindhyavasini Devi is dead" /><ref name="Nitish condoles Bindhyavasini Devi's death" /> Bindhyavasini Devi died at her [[Kankarbagh]] residence on 18 April 2006 at the age of 86.

She was married to Shedeveshvar Chandra Verma, and had two sons and a daughter.<ref name="Folk singer Bindhyavasini Devi is dead" /><ref name="Nitish condoles Bindhyavasini Devi's death" />

==See also==
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* [[Indian folk music]]
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{{portal|India|Music}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chhote-Dulha-Ke/dp/B00LRY8J6U | title=Chhote Dulha Ke | publisher=Inreco — The Indian Record Mfg Co | date=2010 | ASIN=B00LRY8J6U}}
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.de/Palki-Charal-Awe/dp/B00LSQ23T6 | title=Palki Charal Awe | publisher=Inreco — The Indian Record Mfg Co | date=2010 | ASIN=B00LSQ23T6}}

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