A set of 8 commemorative postage stamps on ‘Indian Musicians” was released by Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle on 03.09.2014
PRESS
RELEASE
India
Post releases commemorative postage
stamps on ‘Indian Musicians”
Bhubaneswar
3rdSeptember : India Post today released a set of eight Commemorative
Postage Stamps on “Indian Musicians”.
This set of 8 Commemorative Postage Stamps recognizes the contributions of eight doyens of Indian
Classical Music. A Miniature sheet and 8 sheetlets were also
released with this issue.(Total cost of stamps Rs 80 Rs,Sheetlet Rs 720 ). The stamps were
released on Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, renowned Vocalist of Hindustan
Music Bhimsen Joshi, Legndary singer of Carnatic music D K Pattammal, Carnatic
Singer Gangubai Hangal, Noted Hindustani classical Singer Kumar Gndharva, Sitar
Maestro Vilayat Khan, Hindustan Classical Singer of the Khayal style
Mallikarjun Mansur and Hindustani classical musician of Maihar Gharana Ali
Akbar Khan.
Music is an art of sound
in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the
elements of rhythms, melody, harmony and color. Two main traditions of Indian
Music are Carnatic Music and Hindustani Music. Hindustani Classical Music is
found throughout North India and is sometimes called North Indian Classical
Music or Shastriya Sangeet. It is a mixture of traditional Hindu musical
concepts and Persian performance practice. Carnatic Classical Music is found in
southern part of the Indian sub-continent in the four modern states of India
i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is also known as
Karnataka Sangeetham.
India Post has tried to
capture the essence of the Indian Classical Music from time to time through
these postage stamps. In Odisha, Sri Tilak De,Chief Postmaster General, Odisha
Circle today released the above mentioned commemorative postage stamps at
Bhubaneswar GPO in the presence of Sri Subash Chandra Barik,Senior Supdt. of
Post Offices,Bhubaneswar Division and Sri Girish Chandra Sahoo,Senior
Postmaster,Bhubaneswar GPO. Addressing the
media during the release ceremony, Mr. Tilak De said it was for the first time that the India
Posts was releasing eight postage stamps on musicians at a time. The ceremony
was attended by the eminent philatelists namely Sri Anil Dhir,Sri Santi Swarup
Rath,Sri Kashinath Sahoo,Sri Nursing Dash and
general public.
The Stamps and Sheetlets
alongwith the Information Brochures and First Day Covers are now available for sale at all Philatelic
Bureau and selected Post offices from today. The First Day Cancellations are
also provided at all Philatelic Bureau.
