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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Pranava Prakash&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;lang-&lt;/del&gt;hi|प्रणव प्रकाश}}; born in [[Patna]] in 1979) is an Indian artist working in neopop style.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;yuvi&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Story-of-Yuvraj-s-fight-against-cancer-on-canvas/Article1-857086.aspx|title=Story of Yuvraj&#039;s fight against cancer on canvas|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602215411/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Story-of-Yuvraj-s-fight-against-cancer-on-canvas/Article1-857086.aspx|archivedate=2 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is known for helping to create the &quot;tuchchart&quot; style with a group of Delhi artists, which he debuted in a 2007 show in Delhi entitled &quot;Tuchchart&quot;.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}Prakash is also known for drawing inspiration for his works from various sociopolitical issues such as [[xenophobia]], frequently depicting various persons in the nude.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Hate canvas|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hate-canvas/420671/|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=Indian Express|date=8 February 2009|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123105840/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hate-canvas/420671/|archivedate=23 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Pranava Prakash&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;langx|&lt;/ins&gt;hi|प्रणव प्रकाश}}; born in [[Patna]] in 1979) is an Indian artist working in neopop style.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;yuvi&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Story-of-Yuvraj-s-fight-against-cancer-on-canvas/Article1-857086.aspx|title=Story of Yuvraj&#039;s fight against cancer on canvas|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602215411/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Story-of-Yuvraj-s-fight-against-cancer-on-canvas/Article1-857086.aspx|archivedate=2 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is known for helping to create the &quot;tuchchart&quot; style with a group of Delhi artists, which he debuted in a 2007 show in Delhi entitled &quot;Tuchchart&quot;.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}Prakash is also known for drawing inspiration for his works from various sociopolitical issues such as [[xenophobia]], frequently depicting various persons in the nude.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Hate canvas|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hate-canvas/420671/|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=Indian Express|date=8 February 2009|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123105840/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hate-canvas/420671/|archivedate=23 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Background==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Background==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prakash has received controversy over some of his works,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Yana loves her pantyless painting|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Yana-loves-her-pantyless-painting/Article1-723335.aspx|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022094830/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Yana-loves-her-pantyless-painting/Article1-723335.aspx|archivedate=22 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; with some of the galleries featuring his paintings being vandalized and Prakash himself being assaulted over the depiction of nude celebrities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Artist thrashed in Noida over nude paintings|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-30/noida/31005373_1_nude-paintings-controversial-painting-art-gallery|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103112323/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-30/noida/31005373_1_nude-paintings-controversial-painting-art-gallery|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 January 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Other paintings that have received controversy include his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Your Turn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; painting, which depicted Indian painter [[M.F. Husain]] in the nude.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Sawhney|first=Aakriti|title=When art gets attacked|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/ArtAndCulture/When-art-gets-attacked/Article1-793686.aspx|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=9 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203083624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/ArtAndCulture/When-art-gets-attacked/Article1-793686.aspx|archivedate=3 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Prakash stated that he had been inspired to paint the picture due to the reactions of several female painters over Husain&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;depiction of the fairer sex in uncompromising positions&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kapoor|first=Vaishali|title=What Goes Around Comes Around: the tale of a painter|url=http://www.memsaab.com/2009/08/17/what-goes-around-comes-around-tale-painter|publisher=MemSaab|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723094809/http://www.memsaab.com/2009/08/17/what-goes-around-comes-around-tale-painter|archivedate=23 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He had attempted to submit the painting for showings and was repeatedly rejected until its appearance in the [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society|AIFACS]] gallery in New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT1&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prakash has received controversy over some of his works,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Yana loves her pantyless painting|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Yana-loves-her-pantyless-painting/Article1-723335.aspx|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022094830/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Yana-loves-her-pantyless-painting/Article1-723335.aspx|archivedate=22 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; with some of the galleries featuring his paintings being vandalized and Prakash himself being assaulted over the depiction of nude celebrities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Artist thrashed in Noida over nude paintings|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-30/noida/31005373_1_nude-paintings-controversial-painting-art-gallery|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103112323/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-30/noida/31005373_1_nude-paintings-controversial-painting-art-gallery|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 January 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Other paintings that have received controversy include his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Your Turn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; painting, which depicted Indian painter [[M.F. Husain]] in the nude.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Sawhney|first=Aakriti|title=When art gets attacked|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/ArtAndCulture/When-art-gets-attacked/Article1-793686.aspx|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=9 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203083624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/ArtAndCulture/When-art-gets-attacked/Article1-793686.aspx|archivedate=3 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Prakash stated that he had been inspired to paint the picture due to the reactions of several female painters over Husain&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;depiction of the fairer sex in uncompromising positions&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kapoor|first=Vaishali|title=What Goes Around Comes Around: the tale of a painter|url=http://www.memsaab.com/2009/08/17/what-goes-around-comes-around-tale-painter|publisher=MemSaab|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723094809/http://www.memsaab.com/2009/08/17/what-goes-around-comes-around-tale-painter|archivedate=23 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He had attempted to submit the painting for showings and was repeatedly rejected until its appearance in the [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society|AIFACS]] gallery in New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT1&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{Infobox artist&lt;br /&gt;
| name          = Pranava Prakash&lt;br /&gt;
| image         = Pranava Prakash Indian Artist.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| image_size    =&lt;br /&gt;
| caption       = Pranava Prakash in Gallery&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name    =&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|10|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place   = [[Patna]], Bihar, India&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date    =&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place   =&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality   = Indian&lt;br /&gt;
| known_for     = [[pop art]], [[installation art]], painting&lt;br /&gt;
| training      = [[NMCH,Patna]], [[Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad]]&lt;br /&gt;
| movement      = Socio Pop Art&lt;br /&gt;
| notable_works = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Goddess of Fifteen Minutes of Fame]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Your Turn]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chal Hat Be Bihari&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| patrons       =&lt;br /&gt;
| awards        = Obra De Art Annual Medal,2009&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pranava Prakash&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-hi|प्रणव प्रकाश}}; born in [[Patna]] in 1979) is an Indian artist working in neopop style.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yuvi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Story-of-Yuvraj-s-fight-against-cancer-on-canvas/Article1-857086.aspx|title=Story of Yuvraj&amp;#039;s fight against cancer on canvas|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602215411/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Story-of-Yuvraj-s-fight-against-cancer-on-canvas/Article1-857086.aspx|archivedate=2 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is known for helping to create the &amp;quot;tuchchart&amp;quot; style with a group of Delhi artists, which he debuted in a 2007 show in Delhi entitled &amp;quot;Tuchchart&amp;quot;.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}Prakash is also known for drawing inspiration for his works from various sociopolitical issues such as [[xenophobia]], frequently depicting various persons in the nude.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Hate canvas|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hate-canvas/420671/|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=Indian Express|date=8 February 2009|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5hDa7Efrm?url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hate-canvas/420671/|archivedate=2 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Background==&lt;br /&gt;
Prakash was born in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]] in 1979 and attended the [[Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad]] and [[Nalanda Medical College]] in [[Patna]], where he graduated with an MBA and a MBBS.&amp;lt;ref name=mfh&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/aug/170809-Dr-Pravana-Prakash-artist-MF-Hussain-exhibition-message-Delhi-news.htm|title=MF Hussain&amp;#039;s art disrespects women. : Dr Pravana Prakash|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820164119/http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/aug/170809-Dr-Pravana-Prakash-artist-MF-Hussain-exhibition-message-Delhi-news.htm|archivedate=20 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Controversies==&lt;br /&gt;
Prakash has received controversy over some of his works,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Yana loves her pantyless painting|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Yana-loves-her-pantyless-painting/Article1-723335.aspx|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022094830/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Yana-loves-her-pantyless-painting/Article1-723335.aspx|archivedate=22 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; with some of the galleries featuring his paintings being vandalized and Prakash himself being assaulted over the depiction of nude celebrities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Artist thrashed in Noida over nude paintings|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-30/noida/31005373_1_nude-paintings-controversial-painting-art-gallery|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103112323/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-30/noida/31005373_1_nude-paintings-controversial-painting-art-gallery|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 January 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Other paintings that have received controversy include his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Your Turn&amp;#039;&amp;#039; painting, which depicted Indian painter [[M.F. Husain]] in the nude.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Sawhney|first=Aakriti|title=When art gets attacked|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/ArtAndCulture/When-art-gets-attacked/Article1-793686.aspx|accessdate=29 November 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=9 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203083624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/ArtAndCulture/When-art-gets-attacked/Article1-793686.aspx|archivedate=3 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Prakash stated that he had been inspired to paint the picture due to the reactions of several female painters over Husain&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;depiction of the fairer sex in uncompromising positions&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Kapoor|first=Vaishali|title=What Goes Around Comes Around: the tale of a painter|url=http://www.memsaab.com/2009/08/17/what-goes-around-comes-around-tale-painter|publisher=MemSaab|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723094809/http://www.memsaab.com/2009/08/17/what-goes-around-comes-around-tale-painter|archivedate=23 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He had attempted to submit the painting for showings and was repeatedly rejected until its appearance in the [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society|AIFACS]] gallery in New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT1&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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His painting &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Goddess of Fifteen Minutes of fame&amp;#039;&amp;#039; also received criticism for depicted [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Osama Bin Laden]], and Chairman [[Mao Zedong]] in the nude.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=लादेन और माओ के साथ अरुंधती रॉय की न्यूड पेंटिंग|url=http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7617134.cms|publisher=Navbharat Times|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830181039/http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7617134.cms|archivedate=30 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Opinions on the work differed, with some seeing the work as creative expression while the painting prompted the Lalit Kala Academy to cancel a scheduled showing with him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Delhi artist paints Arundhati in the nude|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/030311-news-delhi-Arundhati-Roy-artist-paints-nude-painting-with-Osama.htm|publisher=Mid-Day|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127131156/http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/030311-news-delhi-Arundhati-Roy-artist-paints-nude-painting-with-Osama.htm|archivedate=27 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The decision was protested by the group Socio Pop, who burnt a paint brush and stated they would abstain from painting until Prakash&amp;#039;s work was shown.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=In the end, it was a no show|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/280311-news-delhi-Lalit-Kala-Akademi-cancels-exhibition-Arundhati-Roy-in-the-nude.htm|publisher=Mid-Day|accessdate=29 November 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926132210/http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/280311-news-delhi-Lalit-Kala-Akademi-cancels-exhibition-Arundhati-Roy-in-the-nude.htm|archivedate=26 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==RadhaMohan Award==&lt;br /&gt;
Prakash got annual award for 2013 in painting category, instated by the government of [[Bihar]] at [[Patna]] by Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]]. The citation mentioned his contribution of ‘&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Your Turning&amp;#039;&amp;#039;’ and ‘&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Goddess of Fifteen Minutes of fame&amp;#039;&amp;#039;’ which raised debate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Govt to prepare cultural road map, Nitish Kumar says|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-26/patna/39537771_1_art-and-culture-state-art-chakravarti-devi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218173352/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-26/patna/39537771_1_art-and-culture-state-art-chakravarti-devi|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2013|accessdate=11 September 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 May 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
*Sanjay Singh &amp;quot;Pop art directions in India&amp;quot;, Delhi, Artworks Press, Jan 2008 p.&amp;amp;nbsp;117&lt;br /&gt;
*Shashi Shwetima &amp;quot;Tucchart: A new wave&amp;quot;   Delhi, Zennit Press, Nov. 2007 p.&amp;amp;nbsp;15&lt;br /&gt;
*Anil Sinha &amp;quot;New Millenium : New Art&amp;quot; Kolkata, Reco art India, March 2008 p.&amp;amp;nbsp;48&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120615194811/http://www.pranavaprakash.in/ Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
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