The annual National Tulsi Samman is announced for this year.
Notably, the award was established in the year 1983 by the Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh to honor excellence and outstanding achievement in tribal, folk and traditional arts, which is awarded only to male artist.
Similarly, to honor the women artist in the field of tribal, folk and traditional arts, the National Devi Ahilya Samman has been established by the department in the year 1996.
Artists who are honored under the National Tulsi and Devi Ahilya Samman are given Rs 2 lakhs, a memento and a shawl-shriphal.
National Tulsi and Devi Ahilya Samman will be presented by the Minister of Culture, Usha Babu Thakur, on the occasion of the inauguration of the 'Nimar Utsav' starting from November 19 at Maheshwar.
Among the artists to be honored with the National Tulsi Samman, is given to the eminent painter of Jaipur, Kailash Chand Sharma, this award of the year 2018 to the eminent bamboo-flute player of Rajnandgaon, Vikram Yadav, this award of the year 2019 to the famous Kabir singer of Raipur. This award for the year 2020 is being conferred on eminent tribal artist Tilakram Pendram.
Among the artists to be honored with the National Devi Ahilya Samman, this prestigious award for the year 2019 will be given to the tribal artist Shanti Bai Maravi of Mandla and this prestigious award of the year 2020 should be given to the famous folk singer of Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Bundelkhandi style of Lucknow, Malini Awasthi.