Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the passing of Teejan Bai, calling it an "irreplaceable loss to the world of art and culture", and how through her grand performances, she gave the folk art form of Chhattisgarh a unique identity across the world

Teejan Bai breathed her last at 3.15 am at the hospital, where she had been undergoing treatment since May 27, said a doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur