Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Guru Prasad Ojah Passes Away

Renowned artist of Assam and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Guru Prasad Ojah passed away on Saturday.

He breathed his last at his residence in Bilortari Hati in Barpeta district earlier today. He was 92.

He has left behind his wife, two sons and two daughters.

Guru Prasad Ojah was a pioneer of Sattriya culture of Assam and had also received the ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award’ for Sattriya Ojapali (Byas Kirtan).

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