Teejan Bai, a recipient of the M.S. Subbulakshmi Centenary Award, 2016, is an exponent in Pandavani, a traditional performing art form, from Chhattisgarh, in which she enacts tales from the Mahabharata, with musical accompaniments. She has been awarded the Padma Shri in 1987, and Padma Bhushan in 2003, besides Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995.