Festival of Music, Dance and Drama begins

The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture, Kumari Selja lighting the lamp to inaugurate the Festival

New Delhi, Oct 9: A week-long festival of Music, Dance and Drama was inaugurated here today by Kumari Selja, Minister of Culture and Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. The festival has been organized to coincide the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards 2011 presentation ceremony and features Fellows and Awardees of the year. 

The festival will continue upto 16 October 2012 at FICCI Auditorium, Tansen Marg, Meghdoot Theatre, Copernicus Marg, Shri Ram Centre, Safdar Hashmi Marg and Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi. 

The Sangeet Natak Akademi, established by the Government of India on 31 May 1952, is the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. It was created as the apex body in the country for the task of preservation and promotion of the performing art tradition of India. One of the important activities of the Akademi has been to give recognition and honours to artistes for setting standards in performing arts and restoring the art and artists to their rightful place in independent India. 

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