Bhikhudan Gadhvi

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Gadhvi

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|09|19}}

| birth_place = Gujarat, India

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| occupation = Folk singer
Song writer

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| known for = Gujarati folk music

| spouse = Gajraba

| children = Three daughters (Anjana, Meena, Hiral) and one son (Bharat)

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| awards = Padma Shri
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Gujarat Gaurav Award
Shri Dula Bhaya Kag Award

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Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi (born 1948) is an Indian folk singer and songwriter, known as a proponent of Dayro, a narrative singing tradition of Gujarat.{{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}} He is a recipient of the Gujarat Gaurav Award of the Government of Gujarat and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.{{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}} The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to folk music.{{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 }}

Biography

Bhikhudan Gadhvi was born on 19 September 1948 in Khijdad, a village in Porbandar district of the Indian state of Gujarat.{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.

Gadhvi received the Gujarat Gaurav Award of the Government of Gujarat before the Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him the Akademi Puraskar in 2009. The Government of India included him the Republic Day honors list for the civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 2016. He is also a recipient of the Shri Dula Bhaya Kag Award in 2009.{{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}} He is married to Gajraba, and they have three daughters, Anjana, Meena, Hiral, and a son, Bharatbhai.{{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}} The family lives in Junagadh in Gujarat.

Selected discography

{{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}}
{{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}}
{{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}}

References

External links

{{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}}

Bhikhudan Gadhvi

Biography

Selected discography

See also

References

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Further reading