Specially-abled artistes leave audience in awe
VARANASI: Specially abled artists from six states played musical instruments, gave dance recitals and group art performances as part of the Divya Kala Shakti programme organised at Rudraksh Auditorium, Varanasi, here on Saturday.
Consolidated Regional Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment Center (CRC), Lucknow, Department of Divyang Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh jointly organised the event which saw especially abled artistes from Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa perform.
A piano recital by Rini Bhattacharji, classical music by Ananya Bhardwaj, vocals by Shahista Parveen, group dance by students by Jeevan Jyoti Special
School, Varanasi, group yoga performance by participants of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyang University, Chitrakoot, Nava Vani School, group dance by participants of Varanasi, a dance by Korok Vishwas, Bharatnatyam dance by Manasi Srivastava,
solo dance by Rimpa Rai, group dance by participants of the Institute for the Divyang and Backward People, Kiran Society, group dance by participants of Varanasi and Jharkhand folk dance art by the participants of Jharkhand Divyang Samiti and a dance performance by Satya Sagarika left the audience mesmerised.
Joint secretary, Divyang empowerment department at Centre, Rajeev Sharma, welcomed all to the holy land of Banaras. Kamla Kant Pandey said that the government is creating new educational, vocational programmes for the specially abled. DM S Rajalingam lauded the artistes for their performances and motivated them.