Vijaya Bharti Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Vijaya Bharti Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

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Age: 57 Years

Husband: Onkareshwar Pandey

Education: PhD

Bio/Wiki
Nickname Viju
Profession Singer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) 5' 1" (155 cm)
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Career
Debut Bhojpuri Album: 'Duara Par Aile Bariyar' (1996)
Awards • 10 March 2018: Inspiring Women Award


• 2018: Sushri Sammaan at the 10th World Bhojpuri Conference


• 8 March 2022: Swar Kokila Samman
Personal Life
Date of Birth 28 February 1967 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2024) 57 Years
Birthplace Village Jamalpur, Munger District, Bihar
Zodiac sign Pisces
Nationality Indian
Hometown Munger, Bihar
College/University Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh
Educational Qualification(s) • BA in Sanskrit
• MA in Indian Classical Music and Hindi Literature
• PhD
Religion Hinduism
Caste Brahmin
Hobbies Writing, Cooking
Relationships & More
Marital Status Married
Marriage Date Second Marriage: 29 May 1994
Marriage Palace Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati, Assam
Family
Husband/Spouse Second Husband: Onkareshwar Pandey (news anchor)
Children Son- Bhavyaraj Pandey (from her second husband)


Daughter- Garima Bharti Mehta (from her first husband)
Parents Father- Parmanand Jha


Siblings Brother- Sujeet Kumar Jha (younger)


Sister- Aastha (younger)
Favourites
Sport Kabaddi
Game Antakshari
Actor Amitabh Bachchan
Singer Lata Mangeshkar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vijaya Bharti

  • Vijaya Bharti was born and brought up in a poor family in Jamalpur, Bihar.

  • Since childhood, she was interested in singing, and she started singing at the age of two and a half years. At the age of 10, she started performing on stage.

  • During singing practice, Vijaya used to go to a friend’s house in her village and practice singing along with a harmonium. However, she did not have money to buy a harmonium. She then started giving tuition to the children in her village to buy a harmonium.

  • Initially, the people in her village opposed her decision to become a singer. They said that she was a Brahmin girl, and she should not sing in public. However, singing was her passion, so, she ignored people’s comments on her. Her parents also opposed her decision. However, gradually her parents understood her decision and supported her in making her career as a singer.

  • At the age of 13, she sang a song for a radio show for the first time. After this, she started singing for the Bihar Doordarshan Channel.

  • Her parents got her married when she was 14 years old. After a year, she became a mother. During her graduation exams, her in-laws locked her in a room for eight days because they said that girls should only do household work. Gradually, they started controlling her life, and later, she broke her marriage.

  • Her first husband used to beat her and keep her in the room where goats were tied. After living there for a few years, in 1991 she left that house with her daughter. For earnings, she started working as a music teacher in a college. Her husband continued torturing her threatening her. Once her husband even fed her poison.

  • Her first TV appearance was for the TV channel Bhagalpur Doordarshan.

    Vijaya Bharti on Doordarshan 

  • She received her singing training under Mishra Bandhu, Amar Nath Mishra, and Pashupati Nath Mishra of Varanasi.

  • She was one of the toppers of her college and received a scholarship for the same.

  • She qualified the Union Public Service Commission exam in 1989. She was selected as a television executive in folk music and classical music under UPSC.

  • She then met the news anchor Onkareshwar Pandey. Initially, they became good friends and later, fell in love with each other. In 1994, she married Onkareshwar Pandey, and in 1995, she moved from Bihar to Delhi with her family.

  • She then lent her voice to the Bhojpuri Chhath song in Angika and Maithili language for T-Series Music Company.

  • Vijaya Bharti first auditioned in Akashvani Bhagalpur, Bihar along with 283 people and was selected.

  • She judged the reality TV show “Bhauji N. 1 Season 4” aired on Mahua TV Channel in 2012.

    Vijaya Bharti in TV Realty Show Bhauji No. 1 Season 4

  • Vijaya Bharti is an artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). She did stage programs in France, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Holland, and Scotland under ICCR in 2003.

  • She has lent her voice to songs of more than 18 languages including Bhojpuri, Maithili, Angika, Awadhi, Hindi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Gwalpariya, Gujarati, and Marathi.

  • On 5 October 2019, one of her poetry books “Rang Piya Ka Sohna” was released.

  • In 2020, she received “Corona Yoddha Samman” from the Indian government for entertaining people through television during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Vijaya Bharti received the Corona Yoddha Samman

  • On 8 July 2022, the Adiraj School of Dance honoured her with “Adiraj Guru Samman.”

    Vijaya Bharti’s Adiraj Guru Samman

  • In 2022, she received a Certificate of Excellence.

    Certificate of Excellence

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