Winners of the 2024 SaMaPa awards have been announced

Current Context: The winners of the 2024 SaMaPa Awards were announced on November 14, 2024. The awards will be presented during the 20th SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan, which will be held from November 22 to 24, 2024, at the Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi.

• Here are the winners of the 2024 SaMaPa Awards:
• Nityanand Haldipur: SaMaPa Vitasta Samman for his lifelong contribution to Hindustani classical music.
• Shashi Vyas: Kala Vardhan Samman for his contribution to the field of art and culture.
• Kamalini Dutt: SaMaPa Award of Excellence for her contributions as a television director, archivist, scholar, and dance guru in Indian art and culture.
• Harish Tiwari: Sangeet Tejasvi Samman for his contribution to Hindustani classical music.
• Bashir Aarif: SaMaPa Nund Rishi Samman for his contributions to Kashmiri literature as a poet and writer.
• The Mohan Brothers (Lakshay Mohan and Aayush Mohan): SaMaPa Yuva Ratan Samman for their achievements in Hindustani classical music.
• Alok Paradkar: SaMaPa Acharya Abhinavgupt Samman for his work in art and culture as an art critic and journalist.

Question:

1 Who was honored with the SaMaPa Vitasta Samman 2024 for lifelong contributions to Hindustani classical music?

• A) Harish Tiwari
• B) Nityanand Haldipur
• C) The Mohan Brothers
• D) Shashi Vyas

Answer: B) Nityanand Haldipur received the prestigious SaMaPa Vitasta Samman for his lifelong dedication and contribution to Hindustani classical music.