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The troupe she was leading - Vithabai Narayangaonkar Tamasha, proudly boasts of women’s leadership in the world of folk arts. Vithabai is not the only woman folk artiste who has gone beyond the ...

The entire family of Bhau Khude Narayangaonkar used to work in folk theater — tamashas. Vithabai was trained at home. Vithabai had a beautiful face, sweet voice and was a natural actress.

SKS president Santosh Nanawade told reporters on Friday that Satarkar was chosen for the award, because she, along with Vithabai Narayangaonkar, was instrumental in bringing prestige to the folk form.

Besides, the state government also announced the ‘Vithabai Narayangaonkar Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Dhule’s noted ‘tamasha’ artiste Bhimrao Totaram Gopal, alias Bhibhau Sangvikar.