The Siribagilu Venkappaiah Samskrutika Pratishthana will organise the ‘Yakshagana’ play ‘Atmanam Manusham Manye’ during its annual award programme at Town Hall on October 21.

Ramakrishna Mayya, chairman of the Pratishthana, told reporters that the award programme will begin at 10 am. The award this year will be conferred on Yakshagana Kalaranga, Udupi, which has been nurturing and honouring artistes since 1975. Kalaranga organises Yakshagana classes, lectures, seminars and has brought out books and CDs and Yakshagana. It also provides scholarships to meritorious students, Mayya explained.

The Yakshagana play will be staged starting 2 pm.