Mangalore, June 16: Six personalities were felicitated by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy as part of its 2011 Honourary Award and Book Award felicitations on June 16 at Town Hall in Mangalore.
Awards were given away to Bola Chittaranjandas Shetty for Literature, Seetharam Shetty for Theatre, T A Srinivas for Cinema, Puttige Padmanabha Rai for novel writing, Ashok Alva for story writing and Ratnakar Rao Kavoor for play writing.
The Honourary Award consists of cash prize of Rs. 10,000 per recipient besides mementos, shawl and traditional gifts. The Book Award winners were given away a cash prize of Rs. 5,000, in addition to mementos, shawls and traditional gifts.
Bannanje Babu Amin, Folk Researcher, inaugurated the programme. Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, and Krishna J Palemar, MLA, gave away the awards.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kateel said that many people try to pressurize politicians and organisations for an award but such awards do not mean anything. The real recognition is when one is honored for his/her genuine contributions, which the Tulu Sahitya Academy has done, he said. Due to new experiments and approaches it was possible to revive the dying art of Yakshagana. The Academy must look at avenues and scope for greater research and experimentation which will help in retaining Tulu language and culture, the MP said.
Mr. Palemar in his address said that the state government has always put in efforts to protect the culture of Tulunadu. Besides granting funds for the Tulu Academy, the BJP led state government set up the Beary Sahitya Academy too, Mr. Palemar said. He also revealed on the occasion that he would release Rs. 10 lakhs from his MLA fund for the 'Tulu Bhavana' which is being constructed in the city.
A book titled 'Kavigalu Kanda Tulunadu' was released by litterateur Hampa Nagarajayya. The revamped website of the Academy was also launched on the occasion.
Gulzar Banu, Mayor, MCC, Capt. Ganesh Karnik, MLC, Shailaja Bhat, President, DK Zilla Panchayat, Katpadi Shankar Poojary, President, Udupi Zilla Panchayat, Ram Shetty, Film Director, were present among others.
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