Kalpana

Kalpana Patowary, also credited professionally as Kalpana, is an Indian folk archivist and playback singer from Assam. She has recorded and archived some rare near to extinct folk songs in 32 dialects of Indian languages, with Bhojpuri being the major genre. Due to her contribution to Bhojpuri music, she is often referred to by the moniker "Bhojpuri Queen".