After Jammu, PM Modi to visit Mumbai today to receive first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

The award has been instituted in memory and honour of the legendary singer who passed away at the age of 92 years in Mumbai earlier this year.

New Delhi: After his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head to Mumbai on Sunday (April 24, 2022) to receive the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award.

Paying tributes to the legendary singer, PM Modi said that Lata Mangeshkar always dreamt of a strong and prosperous India and contributed to nation-building.

"Tomorrow evening, I will be in Mumbai where I will receive the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award. I am grateful and humbled by this honour associated with Lata Didi. She always dreamt of a strong and prosperous India and contributed to nation-building," PM Modi said in a tweet on Saturday.

The award, notably, has been instituted in memory and honour of the legendary singer who passed away at the age of 92 years in Mumbai earlier this year.

The Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan Charitable Trust had said in a statement that the award will be given every year to an individual "who has made path-breaking, spectacular and exemplary contributions to our nation, its people and our society."

(With agency inputs)