Mangala Bansode is an Indian Tamasha folk artist popularly known as ‘Sangeetachi Rani’, from the

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& She is daughter of the Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar, she has won the Vithabai Narayangaonkar Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by government of

. She works along with her son NItin, who is fifth generation of her family in the line. She is from the Village of Karawadi near

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. Her troupe has 150 persons in employment.

Anecdotes

In January 2016 just before her performance in the Goa Lokotsav, a rumour spread about her death that she had to scotch by going to press. In the 2013 season her troupe received the biggest payment advances amongst all at

Narayangaon Narayangaon is a town in the Junnar taluka of the Pune district of Maharashtra state, India. Water is abundant because of its proximity to the major dams, the western ghats, and the Sahyadri mountain range. Geography Narayangaon is located 656 ...

's tamasha fair.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bansode, Mangala Living people Indian musical theatre actresses 1954 births