PM Modi receives first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday received the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award for his selfless service to the nation and society at the 80th annual Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards ceremony in Mumbai.

Modi, who was earlier in Jammu and Kashmir, left for Mumbai and arrived at Maharashtra's capital city at around 4.45 pm.

Addressing the award ceremony, Modi said that he dedicates this award to all citizens of the country.

He added he is not knowledgeable about a subject like music. "But from cultural understanding, I feel that music is also a sadhana and an emotion."

The Prime Minister also said that apart from being an empress of music, Lata Mangeshkar was also his elder sister.