The ‘Yakshagana Kalaranga Prashasthi’ will be conferred on 17 Yakshagana achievers at Rajangann in Sri Krishna Mutt on November 17. The award, given by Yakshagana Kalaranga, will carry a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and a citation.
The awards and winners are: Dr B B Shetty Memorial Award — Polya Lakshminarayana Shetty; Prof B B Acharya Memorial Award — Cherkadi Manjunath Prabhu; Nittur Sundar Shetty and Mahesh D Shetty Memorial Award — Peruvai Narayana Bhat; B Jagajeevan Das Shetty Memorial Award — Narayana Poojary Ujire; K Vishwajna Shetty Memorial Award — K Anni Gowda Belthangady; Kuthpadi Anand Ganiga Memorial Award — Sheena Naik Brahmeri; Bhagavatha Narnappa Uppooru Memorial Award — K P Hegde Kota; Dashavathari Marvi Ramakrishna Hebbar and Bhagavatha Vadiraja Hebbar Memorial Award — Nidle Govinda Bhat; Shiriyaru Manju Naik Memorial Award — Ajri Gopal Ganiga; Kota Vaikunta Memorial Award — Moorooru Vishnu Bhat; Padaru Narasimha Shastri Memorial Award — Mahabala Devadiga; Kadiyali Subraya Upadhya Memorial Award — Padre Kumar; Malpe Shankaranarayana Samaga Memorial Award — Ananth Hegde Nitturu; Airodi Rama Ganiga Memorial Award — M Sridhar Hebbar; Kolyuru Ramachandra Rao Honorary Award — Todikana Vishwanath Gowda; Prabhavathi V Shenoy and U Vishwanath Shenoy Honorary Award — Nagappa Gowda; Gunavanthe M Thimmayya Honorary Award — Lakshman Kotian Sunkadakatte; and Yakshachethana Award to Yakshagana Kalaranga volunteer Ramesh Rao Saligrama.
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