{"id":175532,"date":"2026-03-11T18:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=175532"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:08:04","slug":"assam-announces-cultural-literary-awards-silpi-bota-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/assam-announces-cultural-literary-awards-silpi-bota-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam announces cultural &amp; literary awards | Silpi Bota 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0Government of Assam\u00a0has announced the recipients of its\u00a0prestigious cultural and literary awards for 2025\u201326, including the\u00a0Silpi Bota Award 2026, honouring eminent contributors to Assam\u2019s art, music, literature, theatre and cinema. Eminent singer Dhanada Pathak has been selected for the State Government\u2019s Silpi Bota Award 2026. Along with her husband, Rameshwar Pathak, she played a pioneering role in popularising Assamese folk songs through duet and chorus presentations, a first in the state\u2019s musical tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Assam government announced several Cultural and Literary Awards to honour contributions in literature and culture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silpi Bota Award 2026 recipients:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Samar Hazarika<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dhanada Pathak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The awards recognise significant contributions to Assamese literature, culture, and arts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The initiative aims to encourage writers, artists, and cultural contributors in Assam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These awards highlight the state\u2019s commitment to preserving and promoting Assamese cultural heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Government of Assam\u00a0has announced the recipients of its\u00a0prestigious cultural and literary awards for 2025\u201326, including the\u00a0Silpi Bota Award 2026, honouring eminent contributors to Assam\u2019s art, music, literature, theatre and cinema. Eminent singer Dhanada Pathak has been selected for the State Government\u2019s Silpi Bota Award 2026. Along with her husband, Rameshwar Pathak, she played a pioneering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":175533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5399],"tags":[2996,4925],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-175532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-january-2026","tag-assam-current-affairs-2","tag-awards-honours-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175534,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175532\/revisions\/175534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175532"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=175532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}