Shobha Naidu Smarak Excellence Award to be presented to Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry in Visakhapatnam
The Hindu
Nataraj Music and Dance Academy to present Shobha Naidu Smarak Excellence Award to Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry, the Principal of Siddhendra Yogi Kala Peetham at Kuchipudi,
Nataraj Music and Dance Academy’s (NMDA) two-day Satyabhama Yuva Nrithyotsav began at Kalabharati Auditorium here on Saturday. It is the ninth edition of the All India Classical Dance Festival series. Renowned danseuse Shobha Naidu had inaugurated the Nrithyotsav in 2012. After her demise, NMDA introduced the Shobha Naidu Smarak Excellence Award. This year, the award will be presented to Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry, the Principal of Siddhendra Yogi Kala Peetham at Kuchipudi and a Sangeet Natak Akademi recipient, for his exceptional contribution to music and theatre.
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