Agartala, Oct. 20 -- Tripura folk artist Raju Mog has received the 2025 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for his efforts to preserve and promote the state's traditional Sangrain dance, earning national recognition for his contribution to indigenous culture.
Mog, a resident of Daspara in Bir Chandra Manu, Shantirbazar, South Tripura, has spent nearly two decades mastering and popularising the traditional dance form through cultural performances across the country.
Tripura Minority Welfare Minister Shukla Charan Noatia said union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presented the award at a ceremony held recently at Rabindra Bhavan in the Meghdoot Theatre Complex. Mog received an angavastram and a copper plaque along ...