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Indian folk singer
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya
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Also known as
| Prahladji, Tipaniya Ji
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Genres
| folk
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Occupation(s)
| Singer, politician, social worker
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Years active
| 1978
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? present
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Website
| http://www.kabirproject.org
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Musical artist
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya
is an Indian
folk singer
who performs
Kabir
bhajans
in the
Malwi
folk style from
Madhya Pradesh
.
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He performs along with a group of
tambura
,
khartal
,
manjira
,
dholak
,
harmonium
,
timki
, and violin players.
Early life
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Prahlad Tipaniya was born in a Malwi Balai Caste family on 7 September 1954 in Luniakhedi,
Tarana
,
Malwa
, Madhya Pradesh.
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Career
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Prahlad S Tipanya performing in a function in Indore
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya has visited UK, The United States & Pakistan as well as in India in different 'Yatras' named as "Amerika Me Kabir Yatra" and "Had-Anhad" and his music has been played on
All India Radio
stations in
Indore
,
Bhopal
,
Jabalpur
,
Patna
,
Lucknow
and
Kanpur
and also featured on Doordarshan. Tipanya has received several awards including Shikhar Samman (2005) by Madhya Pradesh Government,
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
in 2007 and the
Padma Shri
in 2011.
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He also performed at the annual Sufi music festival,
Ruhaniyat
and also countless Kabir festivals. He also runs a program named "Sadguru Kabir Shodh Sansthan".
BA in Hindi (1980) & BA in History (1984). Courtesy: Chalo Hamare Desh (Kabir Project)
He is BSc graduate and teacher of mathematics and science in Government School.
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He has done BA in 1980 & MA (History) from Government Mahavidyalaya Dewas Vikram University Ujjain in 1984.
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Tipanya has been also part of 3 documentary films made by Shabnam Virmani an Indian documentary film maker under a project called "Ajab Sahar- The Kabir Project".
He joined the Indian National Congress
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and contesting a member of parliament [Lok Shaba] election in 2019 from Dewas-Shajapur parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh.
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