Veteran artist Virendra Singh Rahi gets life time achievement award of JKCCA

Jammu, Aug 10; Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu conferred Life Time Achievement Award on Virendra Singh Rahi of New Delhi, keeping in view his contribution & achievements in the field of Art & Art Education.  Rahi was honoured in an award ceremony organized at Press Club of India, New Delhi on 9^th August, 2025, as a part of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of JKCCA.According to a statement issued here, eminent artists from different states and a large galaxy of artists and writers who attended the function included Ramesh Bhosale (Pune); Dr. A K Dixit, Sabia Khan, Deepika Dixit, Nawal Kishore, Bharat Partap Singh and Kishore Roy (N. Delhi); K S Gill and Dharminder Sharma (Amritsar); O P Sharma (Jammu & Kashmir) and Pritima Singh (Lucknow) were also present in the ceremonial event.Born on 9^th August, 1929 in the family of Freedom Fighters- Raj Kunwar Bai and Thakur Gopal Singh at Kharela, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, Virendra Singh Rahi had his education from Maharaja College of Art, Jaipur; studied painting under Padma Shri Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya; studied art at Kala Bhavan, Vishva Bharati University, Shantiniketan; and studied painting and murals under Kala Guru Padma Bhushan Nandalal Bose.O P Sharma told that Sh. Rahi is known for his artistic expressions of rich philosophical doctrine, cultural heritage and aesthetic beauty of India’s art & culture, immersed in the intricate world of Miniature Paintings and murals, often reflecting on the ancient masterpieces within the Ajanta Caves, weaving themes from classical texts, including the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, the Gita Govinda, the Puranas, and the timeless works of Kalidasa.