ICON OF HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY IBRAHIM SUTAR GETS "PADMA SHREE " AWARD


ICON OF HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY IBRAHIM  SUTAR 
GETS 
"PADMA SHREE " AWARD


Ibrahim Sutar, fondly known as Kannada Kabir, 77, is known for spreading social and communal harmony through his songs for the last 40 years in Karnataka and neighbouring states, received the Padma award from President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony here recently.
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Born at Mahalingapura in Mudhol taluk in Bagalkot district in 1940 in a poor family, Sutar set up Harmony Folk Music Mela (team of artists) in 1970.
He used funds collected at his performances and organised social welfare programmes including yoga sessions, set up water tanks in villages and built class rooms to government schools.
A weaver by profession, Sutar studied till Class 3. Sutar and his team members staged performances singing devotional songs in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Goa, Odisha and Rajasthan.
He is popular among masses in North Karnataka region for his spiritual discourses. He is married to Marembi and has three children.



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