“Popular folksong ‘Rangabati’ has its own identity. Composed four decades ago, the folksong is still widespread. The Prime Minister had honoured Rangabati singher Jitendra Haripal and composer Mitrabhanu Gountia with Padma Shri in 2017 and 2018 respectively. This year, Krishna Patel, lady singer of the song, has been chosen for the coveted Padma Shri award” tweeted Pradhan.
Pradhan too congratulated all the three artistes connected with Rangabati song on this occasion.
“Odisha is proud of these three extraordinary artistes,” he said.
On behalf of Odisha, Pradhan again thanked the Prime Minister for promoting culture, art and literature of Odisha.
