The national academy’s award archive covers practitioners, gurus and scholars in music, dance, theatre, traditional/folk/tribal arts, puppetry and allied performing arts.
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Hindustani, Carnatic and other music traditions; read award profiles for gharana, repertoire, pedagogy and scholarship.
Classical and contemporary dance practitioners, gurus and researchers.
Acting, direction, dramaturgy, stagecraft and theatre scholarship.
Regional performance traditions and living community knowledge.
Young practitioners recognised through the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.
Use the V.L.F. reading room for English and Maithili book criticism related to performance, music, dance and theatre.
NobelBookerJnanpithSahitya AkademiNepal PrajnaMadan PuraskarVidyapati KoshNepal SajhaOther prizesClassic reviews