# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basanti-devi-bisht
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:34:48.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basanti-devi-bisht"
name: "Basanti Devi Bisht"
slug: "basanti-devi-bisht"
description: "Dr. Basanti Bisht is a well known folk singer of Uttarakhand, famous for being the first woman singer of the Jagar folk-form of Uttarakhand. The Jagar form of singing is a way of invoking deities, which is traditionally done by men but, Basanti Bisht broke the practice and today is a well-known voice, and is trying to preserve this traditional form of singing. Basanti Bisht was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017."
tagline: "First woman 'jagar' singer of Uttarakhand"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.205184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump