Archive · 25 Dec 2025
Nashik Teacher's Painting Wins State Prize, Heads to Zimbabwe Museum
A teacher named Rajesh Bhimraj Sawant from Nashik won a big prize for his painting.
He got ₹11,000 and his painting will be shown in a museum in Zimbabwe.
His painting shows a bee taking nectar from a flower, which is important for nature.
Many important people were there to give him the prize.
The painting is very detailed and colorful, and it will be kept in the museum forever.
This happened during a special festival called the Baswant Honey Bee Festival.
Rajesh Bhimraj Sawant, an art teacher from Nashik, won the State-Level First Prize for Best Painting.
His award-winning painting will be permanently exhibited at an Art Museum in Zimbabwe.
The painting depicts a honeybee collecting nectar from a flower, highlighting the importance of bees in nature.
Sawant received a cash prize of ₹11,000, presented by MP Bhaskar Bhagare.
The award ceremony was attended by eminent dignitaries including Ankush Shinde, IPS (Retd.), and senior journalist Adinath Chavan.
- Who
- Rajesh Bhimraj Sawant, an art teacher at D.D. Bitco Boys High School and Junior College, Nashik
- What
- Won the State-Level First Prize for Best Painting and his artwork will be exhibited in a Zimbabwe Art Museum
- When
- During the Baswant Honey Bee Festival 2025
- Where
- Baswant Garden, Pimpalgaon, Nashik
- Why
- For his realistic and vivid depiction of a honeybee collecting nectar from a flower, highlighting the role of bees in nature and biodiversity
- Artist
- Rajesh Bhimraj Sawant
- School
- D.D. Bitco Boys High School and Junior College, Nashik
- Prize
- State-Level First Prize for Best Painting
- Prize Amount
- ₹11,000
- Event
- Baswant Honey Bee Festival 2025
- Location
- Baswant Garden, Pimpalgaon
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Subject
- Honeybee collecting nectar from a flower