Mahavir Nayak is an exponent of Theth Nagpuri music, which is a genre of typical Nagpuri music, based on traditional Nagpuri folk music.
16 Facts About Mahavir Nayak
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Mahavir Nayak is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award, Lok Kala Ratna Award and Praful Samman for his contribution in folk music.
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Mahavir Nayak was born in the village of Uruguttu in the Kanke block of Ranchi district on 26 March 1942, on the day of Ramnavami.
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Mahavir Nayak learnt folk music in the arkhra, the village ground.
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Mahavir Nayak was getting chances to sing songs in school on Saturday.
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Mahavir Nayak was appreciated by his friends for his songs and he wished to become a singer.
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Mahavir Nayak is the singer of theth nagpuri songs, which is typical Nagpuri music based on traditional Nagpuri folk music since 1962.
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Mahavir Nayak was invited by Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari to the Nagpuri Sansthan, where he came to know about the poetry of Nagpuri poets such as Hanuman Singh, Barju Ram, Ghasi Ram Mahli and Das Mahli.
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Mahavir Nayak started to sing on stage in the year of 1976.
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Mahavir Nayak has sung in more than 1000 stage shows.
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Mahavir Nayak is known as king of Vinsaria, which is a title given by the people of Simdega district.
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Mahavir Nayak gave an audition and joined the radio and television show in 1984.
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Mahavir Nayak composed many songs for the movement of the separate Jharkhand state.
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Mahavir Nayak had written around 300 songs and collected 5000 songs written by old poets.
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Mahavir Nayak has been a member of Chotanagpur Sanskritik Sangh since 1971.
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Mahavir Nayak published the magazine Darpan in 1993, which has songs written by many old poets.