Batool Begam
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Batool Begum | |
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| Other names | Batool Begam |
| Occupation | Folk singer |
| Known for | Mand and bhajan singing |
| Awards | Nari Shakti Puruskar (2021) Padma Shri (2025) |
Batool Begum is a folk music singer from Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. She sings mand and bhajan songs and has become internationally famous.[1] She plays instruments such as the dhol, dholak and tabla.[2]
Personal life
Begum Batul was born in Kerap village in Didwana district of Rajasthan.[3] She dropped out of school in the fifth grade.[4] She belongs to the Mirasi community of Rajasthan.[3] Her interest in singing mand is a family tradition. But Bhajans are not like that. At the age of eight, she used to go in front of Thakur Ji's temple in Kerap village of Nagaur every day with her friends, which is how she developed a passion for singing Bhajans.[4] Later, she started singing Bhajans herself.[4]
Begum got married at the age of 16.[4] She and her husband, Feroz Khan, who was a conductor on the roadways, have three sons.[4] She currently lives with her family in Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur.[3]