President Presents the First Annual Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony to Late Pandit Ravi Shankar

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the first annual Tagore award for cultural harmony to late Pandit Ravi Shankar at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 7, 2013). Smt. Sukanya Shankar, wife of late Pandit Ravi Shankar received the award from the President.

Remembering Pandit Ravi Shankar, the President said his passing away from our midst has been a great loss to India and the world. His legacy, however, lives on and would continue to illuminate the world of music. With the conferment of the first Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, we pay a tribute to Late Pandit Ravi Shankar for his enormous contribution to cultural harmony.

Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Prime Minister and Union Minister of Culture.

This release issued at 1930 hrs