Prahlad Tipanya

Prahlad Singh Tipaniya
Background information
Also known as Prahladji , Tipaniya Ji
Genres folk
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1978[1] – present
Website http://www.kabirproject.org
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya

Prahlad Singh Tipaniya is an Indian folk singer who performs Kabir bhajans in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh.[2][3]

He performs along with a group of tambura, khartal, manjira, dholak, harmonium, timki, and violin players.

Early life

Prahlad Tipaniya was born in a Malwi Balai Cast family on 7 September 1954 in Luniakhedi, Tarana, Malwa, Madhya Pradesh.[4][5]

Career

Prahlad S Tipanya performing in a function in Indore

Prahlad Singh Tipaniya has visited UK, The United States & Pakistan as well as in India in different 'Yatras' named as "Amerika Me Kabir Yatra" and "Had-Anhad" and his music has been played on All India Radio stations in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Patna, Lucknow and Kanpur and also featured on Doordarshan. Tipanya has received several awards including the Padma Shri in 2011.[6]

He also performed at the annual Sufi music festival, Ruhaniyat and also countless Kabir festivals. He also runs a program named "Sadguru Kabir Shodh Sansthan"

Tipanya has been also part of 3 documentary films made by Shabnam Virmani a Indian documentary film maker under a project called "Ajab Sahar- The Kabir Project".

References

  1. ↑ Biography Kabir Project website
  2. ↑ https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E5DD153CF933A15750C0A96F9C8B63&pagewanted=3
  3. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/03/27/stories/2009032750980300.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/results/news/the-sufi-in-our-times/429107/
  5. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/09/15/stories/2008091550620100.htm
  6. ↑ Press Information bureau release on Padma Shri awards for the year 2011



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