Overview
- The Prime Minister posted on X, calling her a singer who gave Bihar’s art and culture a new identity and praising her songs linked to Chhath.
- This remembrance marks one year since her death on November 5, 2024, after a prolonged illness.
- Her Chhath Puja recordings, including “Uga Ho Suruj Dev” and “Pahile Pahile Pooja Karu Ae Suruj Dev,” became widely regarded as devotional mainstays.
- Her national honors include the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan, and a posthumous Padma Vibhushan conferred in January 2025.
- Born in Supaul in 1952, she sang in Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Magahi and brought folk melodies to Hindi cinema with tracks in Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun.