It comprises ₹1 lakh in purse; award to be presented at Kamalashile, Udupi district next month
It comprises ₹1 lakh in purse; award to be presented at Kamalashile, Udupi district next month
Karnataka Yakshagana Academy has selected Ganesh Kolekady, poet, scholar and script writer for its annual Parthi Subba Award for 2022.
The award comprises ₹1 lakh in cash, a certificate, a citation, a shawl, a garland and a peta.
Announcing the selection the chairman of the academy G.L. Hegde said on Monday that Mr. Kolekady, hailing from Athikaribettu village near Mulky, has written 60 Yakshagana ‘prasangas’. He has written total six dramas both in Kannada and Tulu. Mr. Kolekady had taught Yakshagana for hundreds of students freely at his home for over 10 years. As a talamaddale ‘arthadari’ he had participated in a number of programmes in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra and Gujarat. He is one of the rare artistes who has mastered Yakshagana ‘chandassu’ (prosody). Mr. Kolekady has also published two research works.
He is ailing and is bedridden since past about two decades after he was attacked in Mumbai by some assailants.
Honorary award
Mr. Hegde said that the academy has selected five artistes for its honorary award for 2022.
They are Puttige Raghura
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