Agnishekhar, Madhu Rani to get Sopori music awards
Jammu, November 12
The Sopori Academy of Music and Performing Arts (SaMaPa) on Monday announced the names of the recipients of this year’s prestigious SaMaPa Awards, the exclusive national-level honours pertaining to J&K.
The awards ceremony will be given during the 14th edition of the SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan to be held at New Delhi from November 21 to 25. The awards will be presented in collaboration with Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, IFFCO and J&K Bank.
The festival will also feature the annual painting exhibition by the state artists in collaboration with the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.
The ‘SaMaPa Nund Rishi Samman’ is being conferred upon Romalo Ram from J&K for his contribution to Dogri folk music. The recognition carries a cash award of Rs 11,000 and has been named after Sheikh-Ul-Alam, the great Sufi saint of Kashmir.
The ‘SaMaPa Acharya Abhinavgupt Samman’ is being conferred upon Agnishekhar from J&K for his contribution to the field of literature and culture of the state, while Madhu Rani Shukla from Allahabad is also being awarded for her contribution to the Indian classical music as a writer and musicologist. The recognition carries a cash award of Rs 11,000 and has been instituted in the name of Acharya Abhinavgupt of 10th century from Kashmir, who was an unmatched thinker, aesthetician, philosopher and an unparallel commentator of Bharatmuni’s ‘Natyashastra’. — TNS
