Mangaluru: Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy president Dayanand Kathalsaar informed that the honorary awards for the year 2018, 2019 and 2020 of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy will be presented on March 7 at Ravindra Kala Kshetra Bengaluru.
In a press meet conducted here on February 26, he said that the honorary award ceremony will be inaugurated by union minister D V Sadananda Gowda. Minister of fisheries S Angara, former minister C T Ravi, vice president of Dharamastala educational institutions D Surendra Kumar, MP Narayan K and entrepreneur Yadav Kotian Permude will grace the occasion.
He announced the various awards which are to be presented.
Lalitha R Rai (Tulu Literature) Rathnakar Rao Kavoor (Tulu Drama) and A K Vijay (Tulu movie) will be presented the honorary award, and Shantharam V Shetty (Manna Bajano Tulu Poetry), and Rajashree T Rai Perla (Kombu Tulu novel) will be presented the book award, for the year 2018
Dr S R Vignaraj (Tulu Literature), the late Thimmappa Gujran (Tulu Yakshagana posthumous), and Guruva Koraga (Tulu folk) will be presented the honorary award, and Kushalakshi V Kulal (Pani Mutthu Maale, Tulu poetry) will be presented the book award, for the year 2019
Ramachandra Baikampady (Tulu literature), Tungappa Bangera (Tulu drama), and Anand Poojary (Tulu folk) will be presented the honorary award, and Dr K Chinnappa Gowda (Kelepu Perade Kelepu Tulu poetry) will be presented the book award for the year 2020
Other awards include special youth achievers award 2020 which will be granted to Yogesh Shetty Jeppu, Naveen Shetty Yedmemaar, Ramesh P Mettinadka, Nagaraj Bhat Bantwala, Bharath Soundarya, Subhash Nayak and Deepak Padukone.
Baala Prathibha award 2020 will be presented to Tanushree Pithrody (Yoga), Sannidhi T Rai Perla (Art form) and Takshil Devadika (Folk)
Tulukoota Kuwait (Overseas) Tulu Sangha Baroda, Bengaluru Tulu Koota, Tulukoota Udupi and Sri Subramanya Mahaganapathi Sports Club Thokur Haleyangadi will be presented organization award 2020.
Registrar Rajesh G, member Kadaba Dinesh Rai and others were present.
