Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Three well-known artists from Odisha to get Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards. Odissi dance Guru Ratikant Mohapatra, playwright and director Prof. Satyabrata Rout and Pala artist Laxmidhar Rout have been selected for the prestigious Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2016. Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. The award consists of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl), and a Tamra Patra (a brass plaque).