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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Teejan Bai has received more than 401,973 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Teejan Bai is the 2,186th most popular musician, the 900th most popular biography from India and the 18th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Teejan Bai ranks 2,186 out of 3,175. Before her are Glen Benton, Charlie Barnet, Stuart Price, Harry Carney, Peter Fox, and Flemming Rasmussen. After her are Ian Mosley, Yuri Landman, Andrew Davis, Daniel Löble, Chuck Leavell, and Hildur Guðnadóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Teejan Bai ranks 550. Before her are Reinhold Ewald, Frank Andersson, Fiona Fullerton, Georgi Bliznashki, Ilan Gilon, and Lionello Manfredonia. After her are Chris Hedges, Daniel Veyt, Joaquín, Sofia Corban, Dag Otto Lauritzen, and Bruno Tshibala.

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In India

Among people born in India, Teejan Bai ranks 900 out of 1,861. Before her are Parmanand Jha (1944), Gulshan Kumar (1956), Surekha Sikri (1945), Ravi Zacharias (1946), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), and Tapan Sinha (1924). After her are Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Aasif Mandvi (1966), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Kaifi Azmi (1919), and Sushmita Sen (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Teejan Bai ranks 18. Before her are Trilok Gurtu (1951), Mehdi Hassan (1927), A. R. Rahman (1966), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), and Salil Chowdhury (1925). After her are Naushad (1919), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), K. S. Chithra (1963), Rajesh Roshan (1955), M. M. Keeravani (1961), and U. Srinivas (1969).

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