Mira Road to house music academy in honour of Lata

TNN / Updated: Sep 27, 2023, 10:16 IST

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Mira Road to house music academy in honour of Lata

Lata Mangeshkar

MUMBAI: The foundation stone of the Lata Mangeshkar music academy will be laid on a civic plot in Mira Road on Wednesday. The Mangeshkar family, including the late singer’s sisters Asha Bhosale and Meena Khadikar, will be present for the event. CM Eknath Shinde and both the DCMs will attend the event, being held a day before the late singer’s birth anniversary on September 28.
The proposal was mooted last year by Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik.The state this year allocated Rs 25 crore for the academy. The state government has already decided to establish the Bharat Ratna Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar International College of Music and Museum in the Mumbai University’s Kalina campus. The college has started conducting classes at the temporary premises in the Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi since January. TNN

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