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The Second release ceremony of the year 2017 saw the coins being released on the ocassion of Birth Centenary of MS Subbulakshmi.
The coin and the details of the set are;
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (also known as M.S.) was an Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award in 1974 with the citation reading "Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the carnatic tradition of South India.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had this to say about M.S. Subbulakshmi- "Who am I, a mere Prime Minister before a Queen, a Queen of Music". While Lata Mangeshkar called her Tapaswini (the Renunciate), Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan termed her Suswaralakshmi (the goddess of the perfect note), and Kishori Amonkar labelled her the ultimate eighth note or Aathuvaan Sur, which is above the seven notes basic to all music. The great national leader and poet Sarojini Naidu called her "Nightingale of India". Her many famous renditions of bhajans include the chanting of Bhaja Govindam, Vishnu sahasranama (1000 names of Vishnu), Hari Tuma Haro and the Venkateswara Suprabhatam (musical hymns to awaken Lord Balaji early in the morning).
She was widely honoured, praised and awarded. Some of the popular ones include:
- Padma Bhushan in 1954
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1956
- Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1968
- Ramon Magsaysay award (often considered Asia's Nobel Prize) in 1974
- Padma Vibhushan in 1975
- Sangeetha Kalasikhamani in 1975 by The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai
- Kalidas Samman in 1988
- Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1990
- Bharat Ratn in 1998
Release Function
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu releasing the commemorative Coin at an event to inaugurate the Exhibition on the legendary Carnatic Vocalist, Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi, on the occasion of her Birth Centenary Commemoration, in New Delhi on September 19, 2017. The Minister of State for Culture (I/C) and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma and other dignitaries are also seen.
Invitation to the Release Function
Image credits Sudhir Lunawant
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