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Pendyala Lakshmi Priya who was awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2024 is related to which dance?
A)
Kathak
B)
Kuchipudi
C)
Bharatanatyam
D)
Mohiniyattam

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Kuchipudi



Pendyala Lakshmi Priya from Hanumakonda was the only girl from Telangana who was selected for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2024 Award for her outstanding performance in Kuchipudi dance under art and culture category.

On Friday (19th Jan 2024), the ministry of women and child development announced 19 winners of Bala Puraskar Award across the county and 15-year-old Lakshmi Priya was one of them.

A class X student of a missionary school in Hanumakonda, Lakshmi Priya started practising Kuchipudi dance when she was in class III. “I was inspired by renowned Kuchipudi dancers like "Deepika Reddy" and versatile actress-cum-dancer Manju Bhargavi. I have taken part in the dance competitions at state and national levels,” Lakshmi Priya told TOI. Though dance is her passion, the young girl wants to become an IAS officer.

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to be conferred on 19 children on January 22 :

President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Child Awards for Exceptional Achievement, 2024, to 19 exceptional children in an award ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan on January 22, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the awardees on January 23, 2024..

Source : India Times

Published On : January 22, 2024
Category : Awards
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