Speaking to the mediapersons here, Aruva Koragappa Shetty informed the occasion will be graced by Paryaya Shiroor mutt seer Sri Laxmivaratheertha Sripada.
Amabalpadi Sri Janardhana Mahakali temple Dharmadharshi Dr N Vijaya Ballal will preside. MLA Raghupathy Bhat, Yakshagana Kalaranga President Talluru Shivaram Shetty will be the chief guests, he added.
The award will be given away to M Dinesh Ammnnayya (Yakshagana-Bhagavathike), Siddakatte Vishawanath Shetty (artiste), Dr Y Chandrasekhar Shetty (Yakshagana artiste), Aruva Narayana Shetty (Yakshagana artiste), Kumble Sridhar Rao (Yakshagana artiste), Sunder Saliyan (amateur Yakshagana artiste) on the occasion, he uniformed.
Chetan Arasu, Harshavardhan Shetty, Koraga Shetty and others were present.
