Tributes Paid to Folk Legend Pratima Barua Pandey

Tributes were paid to the legendary folk singer Pratima Barua Pandey on her death anniversary on Tuesday.

Pratima was a Goalpariya folk singer who brought Goalpariya Lokgeet on the national platform with her evergreen numbers like ‘Hastir Kanya’, ‘Mur Mahut Bandhure’ and many more.

She hailed from the royal family of Gauripur in west Assam's Dhubri district. She was honoured with the Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for her contribution to popularising Goalpariya folk music.

লোকসংগীতৰ আজীৱন সাধক 'হস্তীৰ কন্যা' প্ৰতিমা বৰুৱা পাণ্ডে বাইদেউৰ অসাধাৰণ কণ্ঠস্বৰত প্ৰাণ পাই উঠিছিল বহু অমিয়া সুৰ আৰু শৈল্পিক ভাবনা। গোৱালপাৰীয়া লোক-সংগীতক বিশ্বমুখী কৰা চিৰপ্ৰোজ্জ্বল বৰেণ্য শিল্পীগৰাকীক আজি পৱিত্ৰ পুণ্যতিথিত জনাইছোঁ শত-সহস্ৰ প্ৰণিপাত। pic.twitter.com/Stl3b9tGBn

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 27, 2022

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Barua Pandey was daughter of Prakritish Chandra Barua and niece of filmmaker Pramathesh Chandra Barua of Devdas fame.

Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma paid tribute to the legend folk singer and said that she made huge contribution to the art and brought to national platform.  

Meanwhile, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that Pratima Barua Pandey was a unique artist who enriched the folk music genre of Assam.

কেঁচামাটিৰ সৈতে সম্পৃক্ত হৃদয়স্পৰ্শী কণ্ঠেৰে প্ৰতিমা বৰুৱা পাণ্ডে বাইদেৱে গোৱালপৰীয়া লোকগীতক জীপাল কৰি তুলিছিল। তেখেতৰ অনন্য শিল্পীসত্তাই অসমৰ লোকসংগীতৰ ধাৰাটোক সমৃদ্ধ কৰি থৈ গৈছে। আমাৰ অতিকৈ প্ৰিয়, শ্ৰদ্ধাৰ শিল্পী 'পদ্মশ্ৰী' প্ৰতিমা বাইদেউক আজি পুণ্যতিথিত শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে সুঁৱৰিছোঁ। pic.twitter.com/DjBo0HzvXu

— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) December 27, 2022

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