The President of India, Droupadi Murmu presented the Sangeet Natak Akademiā€™s Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puruskar) for the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 in New Delhi.

Awards

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu presented the Sangeet Natak Akademiā€™s Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puruskar) for the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 in New Delhi. The Akademiā€™s fellowship (Akademi Ratna) carries a purse money of Rs3,00,000/- and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) carry a purse money of Rs1,00,000. The award also carries a Tamrapatra and Angavastram. The Akademi Ratna was given to 9 exponents of different art forms, namely Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, Kathakali exponent Sadanam Krishnan Kutty, Manipuri dancer Darshana Jhaveri, classical vocalist Chhannu Lal Mishra, Carnatic clarinet player A.K.C Natarajan, tabla player Swapan Chaudhuri, Carnatic and Hindustani musician T.V. Gopalakrishnan, folk singer Teejan Bai, and musicologist Bharat Gupt. Murmu also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 to 123 people. The awards were announced in November 2022.


     

     

     

 

     


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