Paying tribute to the late legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said she was India’s cultural ambassador who had left an indelible imprint in the world of music over the nearly eight decades of her long career.
Mr. Modi was speaking at Mumbai’s Shanmukhananda Hall, where he received the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, instituted in memory of the legendary singer, who had passed away in February this year, aged 92.
A statement issued by the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan charitable trust said that the award would be given each year to only one individual with “path-breaking, spectacular and exemplary contributions to the country, its people and the society”.
