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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 
[[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra State]] Award Ahilyabai Holkar Award Nilu Phule Samman [[Sangeet Natak Akademi|SNA]] Tagore Ratna Samman Aditya Vikram Birla Kalasikhara Award Rasikmani Shrikrishna Pandit Uttung Gunagaurav Award
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'''Yamunabai Waikar''', née '''Yamunabai Vikram Jawle'''<ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra">{{cite web | url=http://www.sangitkalakendra.org/artist.php?action=view&artist_id=49 | title=Sangit Kala Kendra | publisher=Sangit Kala Kendra | date=2014 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> was an Indian folk artist,<ref name="IBN Live">{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/5719-12/photostory.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141201173801/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/5719-12/photostory.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-12-01 | title=IBN Live | publisher=IBN Live | date=2014 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> known for her expertise in the Marathi folk traditions of [[Lavani]] and [[Tamasha]], folk art forms involving music and dance and reported to be one of the leading exponents of the art genres.<ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra" /><ref name="Planet Radio City">{{cite web | url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/music-genre/Genre/Lavani/105 | title=Planet Radio City | publisher=Planet Radio City | date=2014 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Flickr">{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ramesh_lalwani/3878022268/ | title=Flickr | publisher=Flickr | date=2014 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> A recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]],<ref name="SNA">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | title=SNA | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2014 | access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> she was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, 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 Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''At the beginning, we sang the traditional laavnis, but when we realised that people liked to listen to film songs, we added those to our repertoire too,'' reminiscneces Yamnubai, on her Mumbai street days.<ref name="TOI" />}}
{{quotebox|align = right|width=21em|''Lavani dancers from sangeet bari genre don’t use their full names. They use their initial name and afterwards a name of a encampment as their last, and supplement ‘kar’ to it, such as Shakuntala Nagarkar,'' writes Bhushan Korgaonkar, author of ''Sangeet Bari'', a book on [[Lavani]]<ref name="Daily Graph">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailygraph.in/sensuous-feat.html | title=Daily Graph | publisher=Daily Graph | work=Report | date=23 July 2014 | access-date=2 December 2014 | author=Bhushan Korgaonkar}}</ref>}}

Yamunabai was born in Nunekalame village near [[Mahabaleshwar]], in [[Satara district|Satara]] district of Maharashtra in a family belonging to the [[Kolhati]] community.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-baithakichi-lavni-yamunabai-waikar-2936077.html|title=बैठकीच्या लावणीतील घरंदाज भावकामाचा गौरव|date=2012-03-03|newspaper=marathibhaskar|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/cold-wave/manasa/-/articleshow/10022336.cms|title=बैठकीची लावणी शिकवायचं राहून गेलं! -Maharashtra Times|date=2011-09-18|newspaper=Maharashtra Times|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref> Her father was reported to be a drunkard and her mother [[Street performance|busked]] and Yamnunabai, being the eldest of the five children, performed street dances with her mother.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/A-tearjerker-from-Wai/articleshow/603512.cms|title=TOI|date=11 February 2002|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=2 December 2014}}</ref> At the age of 10, she joined a folk art group from where she had her first lessons of [[Lavani]]. Later, when her father joined them, the family formed a ''[[Tamasha]]'' troupe with her father playing the [[Dholki]] while Bai and her cousin danced.<ref name="TOI" />

Looking for better earnings, the family moved to Mumbai and Yamunabai started performing Lavani and film songs on the streets of Mumbai. Encouraged by the success of her street shows, she did a stage show, which launched her stage career lasting till 1975, when the popularity of cinema and diminishing audience affected the returns.<ref name="TOI" /> Though Yamunabai tried to revive her career once again forming a new troupe, gathering her nieces, the attempt was not successful. During this period, she is reported to have a completed a low cost housing project for the members of the Kolhati tribe, the tribe where she came from.<ref name="TOI" />

Yamunabai has shared the stage with the renowned [[Kathak]] guru, [[Birju Maharaj]], who is reported to have appreciated her performance in 1975, staged in Delhi.<ref name="Daily Graph" /> The performance helped to revive her career once again and she had opportunity to perform in other parts of the country such as Kolkata, Bhopal, Raipur.<ref name="TOI" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Yamunabai Waikar is a recipient of several awards and honours such as the
* [[Padma Shri]] in 2012<ref name="Padma Shri" /><ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra" /><ref name="TOI" />
* [[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra State]] Award in 1990,<ref name="TOI" />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] honoured Yamunabai in 1995 with their [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|annual award]]<ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra" /><ref name="TOI" />
* Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Lavani Kalavant award in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://marathi.eenaduindia.com/State/WesternMaharashtra/Solapur/SolapurDistrict/2015/02/03225953/Honor-Award-actor-planting-of-Vaishali-Jadhav--parabhanikara.vpf|title=वैशाली जाधव-परभणीकर यांचा लावणी कलावंत पुरस्काराने सन्मान|newspaper=Eenadu English Portal|access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref>
* ''Ahilyabai Holkar Award''<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra" /> from the [[Government of Maharashtra]] in 2000
* ''Nilu Phule Samman'' in 2010.<ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra" /><ref name="Web India">{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20100321/1469066.html|title=Web India|date=2010|publisher=Web India|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="DNA">{{cite web|url=http://dnasyndication.com/showarticle.aspx?nid=DNPUN25113|title=DNA|date=2010|publisher=DNA|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>
* Life Time Achievement award of ''Tagore Ratna Samman'' in 2012.<ref name="Sangit Kala Kendra" /><ref name="SNA Tagore Samman">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/img-events2012-13/sangeetnatak-tagore-samman-kolkata-card.pdf | title=SNA Tagore Samman | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=25 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Manipur News">{{cite web | url=http://www.manipur.org/news/2011/12/17/gourakishore-selected-for-tagore-akademi-ratna/ | title=Manipur News | publisher=Manipur News | date=17 December 2011 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>
* ''Aditya Vikram Birla Kalasikhara Award'' from the Sangeet Kala Kendra, founded by [[Aditya Vikram Birla]].in 2012<ref name="Loksatta">{{cite web | url=http://www.loksatta.com/maharashtra-news/birla-kalashikar-award-for-yamuna-bai-waikar-10610/ | title=Loksatta | publisher=Loksatta | date=17 November 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>
* ''Rasikmani Shrikrishna Pandit Uttung Gunagaurav Award'' at the Uttung Anniversary Festival in 2014.<ref name="Uttung Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.ashakhadilkar.com/uttung/uttung_award.html | title=Uttung Award | publisher=Uttung Sanskrutik Pariwar | date=2014 | access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Lavani]]
* [[Tamasha]]
* [[Marathi theatre]]
* [[Birju Maharaj]]
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{{portal|India|Music}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}

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