Chhattisgarh’s Pandwani singer Usha Barle has brought laurels to the state. During the Padma Awards, he did something in the Durbar Hall that the whole hall thundered with applause. PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah also greeted by saluting. During this, a different smile was visible on the face of Chhattisgarh’s Pandwani singer Usha Barle. President Droupadi Murmu honored Pandwani singer Usha Barle with the Padma Award.
What was the moment that reverberated through the Durbar Hall?
Actually, Pandwani singer Usha Barle was going to receive the honor at the hands of President Droupadi Murmu. During this, Usha Barle prostrated to the President and the Prime Minister, seeing which the Durbar Hall echoed with thunderous applause. Happiness was visible on the face of Pandwani singer Usha Usha Barle. During this, many Union ministers and celebrities including PM Modi, Amit Shah were involved, know who is the Pandwani singer?
Usha Barle is a Pandwani singer of Kapalik style. Born on May 2, 1968 in Bhilai, Usha Barle started learning Pandwani at the age of seven. Later, he also learned the nuances of theater of this art from Teejan Bai. Apart from Chhattisgarh, Pandwani has also been presented in New York, London, Japan. The credit for first presenting the biography of Guru Ghasidas in Pandwani style also goes to Usha Barle. Pandwani singer has also been arrested.
Usha Barle was given the Guru Ghasidas Samman in 2016 by the state government. Usha Barle was also associated with the Chhattisgarh state movement. He was also arrested in 1999 during a demonstration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for a separate state. Vidyacharan Shukla was leading that demonstration.
How many people got honor from Chhattisgarh?
Chhattisgarhi Natya Naach artist Domar Singh Kunwar, a resident of Balod district, has made Balod district and the entire state proud. Chhattisgarhi Natya Naach artist Domar Singh Kunwar, resident of Latabod village of Balod district, was honored with Padma Shri in the field of arts.
Please tell that Domar Singh Kunwar is a seeker and famous artist of dance art. He has gained fame from the country to abroad. He had landed on the theatrical stage from the age of 12.
Chhattisgarhi Hasya Gammat has been keeping the dance form alive for 47 years by playing the role of Pari and Daku Sultan. At the age of 76, Domar Singh has not only lived Nacha Gummat, but has staged it from his school to the stage of Delhi.
Who is Ajay Kumar Mandavi?
The whole family of Ajay Kumar Mandavi of Govindpur village adjacent to Kanker district is associated with arts and crafts. Teacher’s father RP Mandavi makes clay idols. Mother Saroj Mandavi does painting. Brother Vijay Mandavi is an actor. He had expertise in wood carving. They engrave religious texts, literary works etc. on wood.
On the advice of Kanker Collector Nirmal Khakha, he taught this art to former Naxalites who were in jail. Hundreds of such prisoners have changed their lives by learning this art from him. It is written in the preamble of the Padma Awards that through his art he
