Bolara Prashasthi, instituted by Bolara Narayan Shetty Foundation, will be presented to senior Yakshagana Bhagavatha Bottikere Purushotham Poonja during Datta Jayanti Utsava at Odiyooru Sri Gurudevadatta Samsthana at 11 am on December 22.

Addressing reporters here at Patrika Bhavana on Tuesday, member Bhaskar Rai Kukkuvalli said Poonja had served in Mumbai Geethambika, Uppala Bhagavathi, Puttur, Karnataka and Kateel Melas for the last 42 years.

He has written over 32 Yakshagana Prasangans in Kannada and Tulu. His 29th Prasanga has been published in two volumes under the name “Amburuha” by Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation.

The award carries a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and a certificate. Sri Guruprasaditha Yakshagana Mandali Saligrama will stage Yakshagana Bayalata ‘Kusha-Lava,’ ‘Jambavathi Kalyana-Draupadi Prathapa’ on the occasion, he added.