Mangala Bansode
Indian folk artist (born 1951)
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Mangala Bansode is an Indian Tamasha folk artist popularly known as ‘Sangeetachi Rani’,[1] from the Maharashtra. She is daughter of the Vithabai Narayangaonkar,[2] she has won the Vithabai Narayangaonkar Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by government of Maharashtra.[3] She works along with her son Nitin, who is fifth generation of her family in the line.[4] She is from the Village of Karawadi near Karad. Her troupe has 150 persons in employment.[5]
- Anna Sawant Merchant (father)
- Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar (mother)
Mangala Bansode | |
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| Born | 12 September 1951 |
| Known for | Tamasha artist |
| Spouse | Ramachandra Bansode |
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| Website | mangalabansode |
Anecdotes
In January 2016 just before her performance in the Goa Lokotsav,[6] a rumour spread about her death that she had to scotch by going to press.[7] In the 2013 season her troupe received the biggest payment advances amongst all at Narayangaon's tamasha fair.[8]