Bhikhari thakur biography for kids

Bhikhari Thakur (8 December 1887 to 10 July 1971) was one of the greatest folklorists of modern India. My book, The Greatest Folk Tales of Bihar, carries one of his representative folktales, ‘Gabargichore’.

Galeej, a youth hailing from a low caste, got married to a woman of the same caste and equal status.

She was from the neighbouring village. He brought his bride in a palanquin—a local band party in tow—and began living with her in a small hut in his village.

The pangs of poverty did not allow marital bliss to last long.

Born in Chhapra, Kutubpur, in , and died in Unfortunately Bihari youth are not aware of this gigantic figure.

He soon left for the city in search of livelihood, leaving his wife behind. She began working in the agriculture fields and managed to make ends meet by planting paddy seedlings, sowing wheat seeds and removing weed from landowners’ plots.

She was beautiful, but her poverty had weighed her down, robbing her off her youthful exuberance.

Weeks turned into months and months into years. The woman waited for her husband to return. She nurtured the dr