Re Sajani | Bhikhari Thakur Fan Gone GaGa in Bihar

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Channel: MUSIC BOX Kalpana Pattowary · 2016 · Music

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An old man from Ara Bakhorapur Maa Kali Mandir Bihar remembering the memories of the Bard of Bhojpur and his folk tradition recounts their ordeal, courage and humanity. Bhikhari Thakur, one of their heroes, is the bard of their joys and agony.

Bhikhari Thakur was born on December 18, 1887, in a poor family of the barber caste in a nondescript village, Kutubpur Diyara, in Saran. Like many around him, he went to Kharagpur in Bengal for employment; he earned enough but was not satisfied with the job. Ramlila (a form of theatre popular in north India) had impressed him early in his life. However, the artist in him wanted to see more of the world. He reached Puri in Odisha in search probably of his own self and his volition in life. By the time he returned from such wanderings, he was a changed man.

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