City
Epaper

Priyanka in Varanasi, meets artists & awardees

By IANS | Updated: March 3, 2022 13:10 IST

Varanasi, March 3 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is staying at Kabir Chaura Math in Varanasi, met ...

Open in App

Varanasi, March 3 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is staying at Kabir Chaura Math in Varanasi, met several artists and Padma awardees on Thursday.

She went to the house of tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Kathak exponent Sitara Devi and Pandit Bondi Maharaj and offered tributes.

She learnt about the various traditions of Indian performing arts related to dance and music.

She also visited the 'samadhi' of Neeru and Neema, parents of Kabir and saw various scriptures related to the 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement.

Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Tags: Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022Pandit kishan maharajcongressPriyanka Gandhi Vadra
Open in App

Related Stories

MaharashtraSunetra Pawar Set to Win Baramati Assembly By-Poll As Congress Withdraws Candidate

PoliticsBaramati By-Poll To Be Held Unopposed, But Congress Is National Party So..., Says Sharad Pawar

PuneBaramati Bypoll 2026: Congress Sets Condition to Withdraw Candidature Against Sunetra Pawar

PuneBaramati By-Election 2026: Maharashtra DCM Sunetra Pawar To File Nomination Papers Today

NationalKerala: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's Convoy Stopped, Staff Member Assaulted in Malappuram

Politics Realted Stories

Politics"INDIA bloc parties insulted Nari Shakti in Lok Sabha": Uttarakhand CM Dhami slams Opposition during one-day Assembly Session

PoliticsHimanta Biswa Sarma accuses Mamata Banerjee of "divisive, communal" remark amid W Bengal polls

Politics"Centre delaying women's reservation implementation": LoP Yashpal Arya ahead of Uttarakhand Assembly session

PoliticsBJP accuses TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh of "insulting" Sikh, Punjabi communities over Raghav Chadha jibe

Politics"Similar rules exist in other states; vote bank politics won't work," Sanjay Raut on Marathi being made compulsory for drivers