Bindhyabasini Devi

{{Short description|Indian folk musician}}

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| birth_date = 5 January 1920

| birth_place = Muzzafarpur, Bihar, India

| death_date = 18 April 2006

| death_place = Kankarbagh, Patna, Bihar, India

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| occupation = Folk musician

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| 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)

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| awards = Padma Shri
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
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.{{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}} {{deadlink|date=October 2018}}{{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 }} She was born in Muzzafarpur in the Indian state of Bihar and specialised in Maithili, Bhojpuri and Magahi folk music. She also sang a popular song, Chhote Dulha Ke, in a movie, Vivah Geet{{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}} and many of her songs have been released in CD format.{{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}}{{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}}{{cite web | url=https://music.apple.com/mn/artist/bindhyabasini-devi/322483392 | title=ITunes | publisher=ITunes | date=2015 | access-date=14 June 2015}}

The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1974.{{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 }} The Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded her their annual award in 1991{{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}} and followed it up with Akademi Fellowship in 2006.{{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 }}{{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}} She received the Ahilya Bai Award from the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1998. 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.