Ustad Alauddin Akademi to award 10 artists

The Ustad Alauddin Khan Sangeet and Kala Akademi Bhopal has selected 10 artists for best fine art works.
Every artist will be felicitated with Rs 21,000, a shawl and a coconut each, Akademi's director Bhalchandra Bagdare said in a press release.
The entries were invited from artists for 10 awards, he said.
The national-level jury has selected Rajni Dhanewar (Shigne) (Dev Krishna Jatashankar Joshi Puraskar), Upasna Sarang Tyagi (Mukund Sakharam Bhand Puraskar), Dilshad (Syed Haidar Raza Puraskar), Himanshu Joshi (Datta Damodar Devlalikar Puraskar), Sunita Prajapati (Jagdish Swaminathan Puraskar), Udai Chand Goswami (Vishnu Chinchalkar Puraskar).
The others selected are - Archana Singh (Narayan Shridhar Bendre Puraskar), Sanjay Prajapati (Raghunath Krishna Rao Phadke Puraskar), Papil Manna (Ram Manohar Sinha Puraskar) and Mahesh Pal Gobra (Laxmi Singh Rajput Puraskar).

The awards will be given away at Madhya Pradesh Arts Exhibition during Khajuraho Dance Festival on February 20, Bagdare said.