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Odissi exponent Varadkar wins Sangeet Natak Akademi award

Shubhada Varadkar, an Odissi dancer based in Mumbai, received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award at Vigyan Bhavan, presented by President Droupadi Murmu. She is the first cousin of Ireland’s former prime minister Leo Varadkar and the grand-niece of Savitri Bai Khanolkar, who designed the Param Vir Chak