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^Music Academy (Madras, India) (1974). The Journal of the Music Academy. Madras: Music Academy. p. 227. New officers like gāyan (singer), bāyan (drummer), sūtradbār (dancer-director), deuri (distributor of prasāda)
^Proceedings of the All-India Conference of Linguists. 1971. p. 163. gāyan-bāyan 'singer & drummer'
^Projesh Banerji (1983). Indian Ballet Dancing. Abhinav. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-391-02716-9. the singers – gayan, and the players on khols and cymbals – bayan