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| Born | Bihari Lal Yadav 1857 Aunrihar, Ghazipur, North-Western Provinces, British India (present-day Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 1926 (aged 68–69) |
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Bihari Lal Yadav (1857 – 1926), also referred to as Guru Bihari, was a Bhojpuri Indian writer, poet and singer. He is also known as the founder of the modern Biraha folk genre, this older genre is called Khari Birha.[1][2] He is also credited to invent a musical instrument, which was a version of Khartal and introducing it in Bihaha.[3] He wrote Biraha and popularized it in the cities like Benaras and also taught it to his disciples.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Bihari was born in 1857, the only son of a Bhojpuriya Ahir family, in Patna. His parents dying ar an early age, he moved to Benaras at age 14 for work. Performing in Biraha temples, he got fame as a poet and singer and then he got four disciples Ramman Yadav, Ganes Yadav, Pattu Yadav and Sarju Rajbhar.[3] He died in 1926, aged 68 or 69.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music, Volumes 25-2. Society for Asian Music. 1994. p. 145.
- ↑ The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Routledge. 2013. p. 1027. ISBN 9781136095948.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Freitag, Sandria B. (1992). Culture and Power in Banaras: Community, Performance, and Environment, 1800-1980. University of California. pp. 95–96. ISBN 9780520080942.
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