AGARTALA, Dec 11 (TIWN): Aiming to add colour in the six-day long Sangeet Natak Akademi programme, on the fifth day of the celebration a Kathakali Dance has been performed at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan.

Earlier, altogether sixty-six artist from all across the nation in various categories of performing cultural activity were awarded with Ustad BismillahKhan Yuva Puraskar for 2014 by Sangeet Natak Akademi at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan on December 7.

Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy for music, dance and drama had instituted the awards in 2006 in memory of shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan who died in August that year.

It is to be mentioned here that Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is the third best award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

The programme will continue till December 12. The six-day long programme has been organized with the joint initiatives of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama and Department of Information and Cultural Affairs.  

However, Governor Tathagata Roy and Chairperson Sekhar Sen have awarded all the sixty-six awardees. On December 7, a total of sixty-six artist were awarded with Ustad BismillahKhan Yuva Puraskar for 2014.