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Jan 2026  Ushta-Te Foundation presented BIJOY ANAND SHIVRAM with the MEHER R CONTRACTOR AWARD FOR PERFORMING ARTS on January 18, 2026 at Nowrojee Vakil Hall, Ahmedabad. Says Shivram, “It’s such an honour to be nominated as in the late 80’s, I had the opportunity to work with Meherben…. with shadow puppets in one of my early productions. She was recognised all over the world in the field of Puppetry and was also the President of the World Puppetry Organization.”  Nalanda’s BHARATA MUNI SAMMAN for 2025 was presented to Chitra Visweswaran (dance), Prashant Damle (theatre) and Ravindra Sathe (music) on January 11, 2026 at Nalanda’s Kanaka Sabha, Mumbai.  Nalanda’s KANAKA NARTANA PURASKAR 2025 was presented to Dr. Shailesh Srivastava (folk singer), Dr. Malati Agneswaran (BN), Vijayshree Chaudhary (Kathak) and Dr.Veena Londhe (Sanskrit scholar), Alka Gujar (sitarist), Dr. Ganesh Chandranshive (folk artiste), Jigar Soni and Suhrad Soni (folk dancers) and Narayan Mani (Saraswati veena) on January 11, 2026 at Nalanda’s Kanaka Sabha, Mumbai.  The ABHAI committee honoured gurus Jaya Chandrasekhar, Ambika Buch, Revathy Muthuswamy, Jayashree Narayanan and Samyuktha Varadarajan with the title NATYA KALA SADHAKA on January 4, 2026 at Chennai.  Bharatanatyam dancer URMILA SATYANARAYANA received the NRITYA KALANIDHI award from Madras Music Academy for 2025 on January 3, 2026 in Chennai. MADAMBI SUBRAMANIA NAMBOODIRI received the TTK AWARD for Kathakali music. The book ‘Theyyam: Indian Folk Ritual Theatre’ by KK Gopalakrishnan is the winner of THE BEST PRINTED BOOK OF THE YEAR (ILLUSTRATED) 2025. Prize winners of the Madras Music Academy's 19th Dance Festival 2026. - Bharatanatyam solo (seniors): Best dancer: VAIBHAV AREKAR Outstanding dancer: SHIJITH NAMBIAR & PARVATHY MENON - Sub seniors (first slot) Best dancer: BHAVAJAN KUMAR Outstanding dancer: SHWETA PRACHANDE - Sub seniors (second slot) Best dancer: PARSHWANATH UPADHYE Outstanding dancer: HARINIE JEEVITHA - Juniors Best dancer: PV ADITHYA Outstanding dancer: PRITAM DAS Highlights - Yearwise listing |
