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{{short description|Indian musician (1959–present)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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| name = G. C. D. Bharti
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| caption = Bharti Bandhu in 2013
| birth_date = 15 April 1959
| birth_place = Raipur, [[Chhattisgarh]], India
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| occupation = Singer
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| parents = Vidyadhar Gaina Bharti
| website = https://bhartibandhu.com/
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''G. C. D. Bharti''' (Bharati Bandhu) is an Indian musician known for his [[Kabir]] [[bhajans]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/stage-set-for-samarpan/article5763209.ece | title= Stage set for ‘Samarpan’ | newspaper=The Hindu | date=8 March 2014 | first=Shyamhari | last=Chakra | access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Daily Pioneer">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/pandit-bharti-bandhu-presents-vocal-recital-at-jagriti.html | title=Pandit Bharti Bandhu presents vocal recital at Jagriti | publisher=Daily Pioneer | date=18 October 2014 | access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140312/jsp/odisha/story_18069791.jsp | title=Music fest begins with Sufi flavour| publisher=Telegraph India | date=12 March 2014 | access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born on 15 April in Raipur, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh to Vidhyadhar Gaina Bharti.<ref name=telegraph>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140314/jsp/odisha/story_18077345.jsp#.Vxt5COZHMy4 "Listeners soak in spirit of mystic Sufi music"]. ''Telegraph India'', NAMITA PANDA, 14 March 2014.</ref> His early musical training was under his father's tutelage and later, trained [[Ghazal]], [[Thumri]] and [[Dadra]] under Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan and Sufi music under Ustad Haji Eid Ali Shah Chishti.<ref name="Daily Pioneer" /><ref name="India Tender">{{cite web | url=https://indiantender.net/view_more_details.php?nid=7093 | title=India Tender | publisher=India Tender | date=2014 | access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

==History ==
Bharti is the lead vocalist of ''Bharti Bandhu Group'', an Indian musical troupe based in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Curtains-come-down-on-Megha-Utsav/2013/08/12/article1730467.ece?service=print "Curtains come down on Megha Utsav"]. ''The New Indian Express''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2014/state-editions/pandit-bharti-bandhu-presents-vocal-recital-at-jagriti.html|title=Pandit Bharti Bandhu presents vocal recital at Jagriti|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> The members of Bharti Bandhu are GCD Bharti, Vivekanand Bharti, G Ramanand Bharti and C Vidrumna Vachaspati Bharti.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111213/dplus.htm "Bharti Bandhu mesmerise students with Kabir Gayaki Neena Sharma"]. ''The Tribune'', Chandigarh, India</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm11/sufi-utsav-from-june-21/article1-104641.aspx |title=Sufi Utsav from June 21 |publisher=Hindustan times |date=2006 |access-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715185642/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm11/sufi-utsav-from-june-21/article1-104641.aspx |archive-date=15 July 2015 }}</ref> Their musical style has been developed from family musical tradition.<ref name=telegraph /><ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/others/Padmashree-Swami-GCD-Bharti-and-Bharti-Bandhu-perform-at-a-sufi-musical-evening-organised-at-Benares-Club-in-Benaras/articleshow/21701833.cms | title=Padmashree Swami GCD Bharti and Bharti Bandhu perform at a sufi musical evening organised at Benares Club in Benaras| publisher=Times of India| date=9 October 2013 | access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="HT" /> The troupe has been reported{{by whom|date=April 2016}} to have performed in four Chhattisgarhi movies, ''Pirit Ke Jang'', ''Chhattisgarh Mahatari'', ''Ram Milahi Jodi'' and ''Muktiram''. Bharti Bandu sing Sufi songs<ref>[http://www.iimshillong.in/news/lastweek/65.pdf "A Sufi evening in IIM Shillong"]. IIMSHILLONG newsletter, issue 65, November/December 2012.</ref> and the verses of Kabir. The troupe has performed widely in India,<ref>[http://ignca.nic.in/nl003403.htm The Foundation Day of the IGNCA]</ref> and have given nearly 6000 performances. The members of the group have trained thousand of students.

==Awards==
Bharti was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2013, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards Directory |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |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><ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/padma-awards-2013-full-list_825066.html Padma Awards 2013: Full list] ''Zee News India''</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/padma-awards-2013-pranab-mukherjee-sridevi-rahul-dravid-sharmila-tagore-rashtrapati-bhawan/7/8995.html "President Pranab Mukherjee gives away Padma Awards to Sridevi, Rahul Dravid, Sharmila Tagore"]. ''India Today'',</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

*[https://bhartibandhu.com/ Official Website]

*<{{cite web|url=http://www.bhartibandhu.in/biography.php#!/pageBiography |title=Bharti Bandhu |publisher=Bharti Bandhu |date=2014 |access-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218100702/http://www.bhartibandhu.in/biography.php |archive-date=18 December 2014 }}
*[http://www.underscorerecords.com/artistes/detail/19/Bharti_Bandhu Bharti Bandhu | Underscore Records]

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[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]
[[Category:People from Raipur, Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Sufi artists]]
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