Profile: Shri Khundrakpam Babuchand Singh
Khumanthem Kaomacha Ningshing Sanagi Medal
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Profile: Shri Hijam Gourashyam Singh
Khumanthem Kaomacha Ningshing Sanagi Medal
(Khumanthem Prakash Singh na katchaba)
Shri Khundrakpam Babuchand Singh was born on 1st January, 1960 at Khangabok Part 2 Mayai Leikai.
The name of his parents were Khundrakpam Meramacha Singh and Khundrakpam ongbi Ibemlei Devi.
Right from the age of 13, Khundrakpam Babuchand Singh began to learn important lessons of narrative form of art such as
'Cheitanya Charitamrita',
'Cheitanya Bhagwat',
'Bangshi Shiksha',
'Prem Bilas',
'Mahabharat' and
'Ramayan Vyakaran'
from gurus Laishram Bapu Singh,
Athokpam Angou,
Pukhrambam Gandha Singh,
Thangjam Dasarath,
Laishram Nimai Shastri and
Ningombam Tombi Singh.
Babuchand have been performing the narrative form of art at various places of the state till now.
Babuchand Singh is still performing at various programmes of All India Radio Imphal and Doordarshan Kendra Imphal.
He has achieved scholarships on narrative form of art under the aegis of Department of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi from the year 1989 to 1991.
He is recipient of Bhakti Vinod Upadhi 1988 and gold medal 2012 given by Shri Shri Govindaji Bhakti Granth Kendra Vidyalaya, Imphal.
In recognition of his contribution in the field of narrative form of art, the Manipur Sahitya Parishad Imphal accorded him with Manipuri Sahitya Parishad: Khumanthem Kaomacha Ningshing Sana gi Medal award on its 83rd Annual Conference.
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This is a Translation from Manipuri text into English done by Bidyarani Thingujam
This article was posted on October 22, 2020.
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