Four artists from the Union Territory of Puducherry have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the years 2019-20 and 2020-21.<br />''<br />''Rural artist Shekhar has been selected for the Yuva Puraskar Award and Suresh for the Village Art Award.  <br />''<br />''On the occasion of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Karaikal Artist Subbiah has been selected for the Amrutha Award, a special award given to the best senior artist of the state above 75 years of age.<br />''<br />''Similarly, Karaikal puppeteer Veerasamy Srinivasan has been selected for Sangeetha Natak Akademi Puraskar.<br />''<br />''Along with the award, the artists will be given one lakh rupees and a copper medal. <br />