To
commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore, the Sangeet Natak Akademi,
an autonomous body of the Union Ministry of Culture has instituted a one-time
honour to 100 artists called the ‘Tagore Samman’ (50 Tagore Ratna and 50 Tagore Puraskar) to persons of the age of 75 years and above, who
have made a significant contribution in the field of performing arts.
The
Governor of West Bengal, Shri M.K. Narayanan will confer the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi
Tagore Fellowships and Tagore
Awards at a special ceremony on 25th April 2012 in Kolkata. Twenty nine
eminent personalities & scholars will be conferred Sangeet
Natak Akademi Tagore Fellowships and thirty four art practitioners &
gurus in the field of Dance, Drama & Music will receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Tagore Awards in Kolkata.
In
the second ceremony in Chennai, the Governor of Tamil Nadu,
Dr K Rosaiah will confer the Akademi’s
Tagore Fellowships to 20 eminent personalities of
performing arts including scholars and Tagore Awards
to eighteen eminent personalities on 2nd May 2012 in Chennai.
Altogether
100 Sammans will be conferred, out of which 50 are
Fellows with purse money of Rs. 3 Lakh,
a Tamrapatra and an Angavastram
and remaining 50 Sammans are awards with purse money
of Rs. 1 Lakh, a Tamrapatra and an Angavastram.
Click here to
see List of Tagore Samman
Recipients
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