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{{Short description|Indian singer of Nata Sankirtana (born 1945)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Yumlembam Gambhini Devi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yaiskul Hiruhanba Leikai, [[Manipur]], India
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| occupation = Singer, Dancer
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| known for = ''Nata Sankirtana'', [[Manipuri dance]]
| spouse = Konsam Thopi Singh
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| parents = Y. Gulap Singh
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />Nritya Ratna Award<br />Nat Sangeet Award
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'''Yumlembam Gambhini Devi''' is an Indian singer of ''[[Manipuri Sankirtana|Nata Sankirtana]]'' and dancer of [[Manipuri dance|Manipuri Raas]].<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - Padmashree Awardee - 2005">{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Donny_Luwang.Yumlembam_Gambhini_Dance | title=Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - Padmashree Awardee - 2005 | publisher=E Pao | date=2015 | access-date=4 December 2015 | author=Donny Luwang Meisnam}}</ref> She is a member of faculty at Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA)<ref name="JNMDA - Present Teaching Staff">{{cite web | url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna_hindi/jnmda-staff-hindi.htm | title=JNMDA - Present Teaching Staff | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> and a recipient of the 1988 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winners">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#MusicforDance | title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winners | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for her contributions to [[Manipuri dance]] and music.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |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 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Gambhini Devi was born on the New Year day of 1945 at Yaiskul Hiruhanba Leikai in the Northeast Indian state of [[Manipur]] to Y. Gulap Singh, a Nata Sankirtana performer, as the fourth of his eight children.<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - India Online">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaonline.in/about/Personalities/Singers/Yumlembam-Gambhini-Devi.html | title=Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - India Online | publisher=India Online | date=2015 | access-date=5 December 2015 | archive-date=8 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054114/http://www.indiaonline.in/about/Personalities/Singers/Yumlembam-Gambhini-Devi.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> She started learning music and dance at the age of 5 and, later, joined the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA) from where she secured a post graduate diploma in ''Raas''. At the Academy, she received training from such notable gurus such as Amudon Sharma, [[Maisnam Amubi Singh]], Khaidem Lokeshor Singh, Kshetritombi Devi, Ngangom Jogendra Singh and Ibopishak Sharma, in [[Manipuri dance]] and from Nongmaithem Tomba Singh, Khanda Moina Dan, Ngangom Jogendra Singh and Thokchom Gopal Singh in music (Monoharsai Kirtan).<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - Padmashree Awardee - 2005" /> Her debut performance was when she was 7 years old and has performed on various stages in India and abroad since then.<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - India Online" /> Her teaching career started at her alma mater where she worked as a member of faculty till her superannuation in 2005. While continuing as a visiting Senior Guru (Guruhan) at the Academy, she worked for the [[Imphal]] station of the [[All India Radio]] as a Top Grade Artist, reportedly the first female artist from the state to get the top grade.<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - Padmashree Awardee - 2005" /> She also founded a music training institute, ''YGR, Nat Sankirtana Sheidam Shang''.<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - India Online" /> She is a former member of the selection committee of the [[Rabindra Bharati University]] and the Central Dance Audition Board of the [[Doordarshan]], the Indian national television network. Her songs have been compiled in two albums and she has published a book under the name, ''Basak'', on Basak songs.<ref name="Bāsaka">{{cite book | title=Bāsaka | author=Ẏuṃlembama Gambhinī Debī | year=2012 | pages=135 | oclc=813301482}}</ref>

[[Manipuri Sahitya Parishad]] awarded Devi the ''Nritya Ratna Award'' in 1979 and she received the ''Nat Sangeet Award'' from the Manipur State Kala Akademi in 1980.<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - India Online" /> [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Nata Sankirtan reached her in 1988,<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winners" /> the same year as she was selected for the Senior Fellowship by the Department of Culture, under the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]].<ref name="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - Padmashree Awardee - 2005" /> The Government of India honoured her with the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2005.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

== See also ==
* [[Manipuri dance]]
* [[Maisnam Amubi Singh]]
{{Portal|India|Music}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epGallery.asp?id=1&src=Arts_Dances/RasLeela/Gambhini2009_1 | title=Yumlembam Gambhini Devi - E-Pao Picture Gallery | publisher=E Pao | work=Web gallery | date=2015 | access-date=5 December 2015}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Bāsaka | author=Ẏuṃlembama Gambhinī Debī | year=2012 | pages=135 | oclc=813301482}}

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