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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