• The Madras Music Academy has announced the winner of the Sangita Kalanidhi and Nritya Kalanidhi for the year 2023.

Sangita Kalanidhi award

• Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri, who is known for her melodic and meditative style of singing and is recognised by a Padma Shri from the Indian government has been selected for the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy for 2023.
• Sangita Kalanidhi award is considered the highest accolade in the field of Carnatic music.
• The award comprises a gold medal and a birudu patra (citation).

Nritya Kalanidhi award

• Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari has been selected for The Nritiya Kalanidhi award for dance.
• She excels both in Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi.

About Madras Music Academy

• It is a landmark institution in the history of the fine arts.
• It emerged as an offshoot of the All India Congress Session held in Madras in December 1927.
• It was conceived to be the institution that would set the standard for Carnatic music.
• It also confers the various awards such as the Sangita Kalanidhi, Nritya Kalanidhi, Sangita Kala Acharya, TTK, and Musicologist awards for the year.