JAMMU, Jun 8: Bhartiya Kala Sangam Jammu today held Workshop/Dogri Folk Music program with the support of Ministry of Culture,Govt of India under Repertory grant in the premises of Govt High School, Raipur Satwari,Jammu in which large number of students paricipated and witnessed the event.
While addressing the audience, T.R.Sharma,KAS (Retd), Chairman of Bhartiya Kala Sangam apprised that BKS initiated its functioningsince 1980 with the sole aim to develop and promote Dogri language of Dogra region of Jammu and Kashmir. During the tenure of over four decades, BKS given various cultural performances based on Dogri folk dances and music, literary programs, felicitations of eminent personalities working in different field in the society. Extolling the financial support of Ministry of Culture, Govt of India New Delhi, he said that its support has pavedway for the Bhartiya Kaka Sangam to organise many such programs to promote Dogri language.
Chowdhry, Head Master of the School extended her gratitude appreciating the efforts of BKS for holding workshop to impart basic knowledge of music/singing to the students. She thanked BKS for holdingenchanting cultural program by eminent singers of AIR and Doordarshan.
The program was organised under the overall supervision of Vaishno Devi, President of Bhartiya Kala Sangam.
The artists who performed were Tilak Raj Tagotra, Marina Jamwal, Ravi Raghuvanshi, Deepak etc.
In the end, a vote of thank was presented by Ramesh Singh Chib, Director, BKS.
He expressed profound thanks to Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, New Delhi under Repertory grant for its financial support under Repertory grant. He also thanked the Education Department, especially Head Master for providing platform of the School for holding program.