Teejan Bai, Chhattisgarh's foremost Pandavani singer, died in Raipur after a prolonged illness. Her death drew tributes for taking the state's folk storytelling tradition to audiences around the world.

Mumbai: India has lost one of its most iconic folk artists with the passing of Padma Vibhushan awardee Teejan Bai. For several decades, a famous exponent