The Sangeet Natak Akademi announced the recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2024 and 2025.
A total of 108 artists from music, dance, theatre, folk and tribal arts, puppetry, and scholarship were selected for the honours.
The awardees represent different States and Union Territories and cover a wide range of Indian performing art forms.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards have been conferred since 1952 and are among India's highest national honours in performing arts.
The awards recognise sustained individual excellence and contribution in the field of performing arts.
Each Akademi Puraskar carries a cash prize of ₹1 lakh, along with a Tamrapatra.
The awardees include eminent artists such as Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, Neyveli R. Narayanan and Niladri Kumar from the fields of music, dance, theatre and folk arts.