Four artistes from Karnataka have bagged the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for the year 2016.
Ratnamala Prakash (sugama sangeeta), Dattatreya Aralikatte (puppetry), Mysuru M Manjunath (Carnatic instrumental music-violin) and Govind Bhat (Yakshagana) have bagged the awards. The award includes cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a citation. The General Council meeting of the Akademi held in Guwahati last week selected the awardees.
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