Due to the sudden death of former President of India Pranab Mukherjee, all the cultural events organised by the Department of Culture, Madhya Pradesh have been called off.
Pranab Mukherjee, the former President died at 84. He was declared dead on Monday. The former President of India, who had tested positive for coronavirus, had been in a coma after a brain surgery earlier this month.
It is to be noted, after the news of his death, the cultural activities to be held online by the Department of Culture were cancelled on Monday. Notably, a pre-reading session in Punjabi literature by Meena Naveen, Ambala was scheduled to be held on Monday. After this, Gurmat music was scheduled to be performed by the melodious singer Alankar Singh, Department of Music, Punjabi University- Patiala. The broadcast was supposed to be aired on the museum's YouTube channel. Besides, the cultural activities are held every day on the department's youtube channel.
in view of the worldwide crisis of Coronavirus, a creative initiative is taken by the Culture Department Madhya Pradesh Government by connecting the artists of the country and State, which has received an encouraging response.
The writers, poets and artists invited by the Department of Culture from time to time in its events, were requested to send their creative act for the society on their behalf in this hour of crisis, which they circulated to all through their social media.
All the acts are being uploaded on the official YouTube channel of Department of Culture.
But due to Pranab Mukherjee's sudden demise on Monday, all these events including Tabla recital, Kathak dance, gudumbaja and more were scancelled.