Mangaluru: 'Yakshagana Kalaranga', an organisation devoted to the promotion of Yakshagana, has announced its annual awards for 2016. As many as 16 artistes were chosen for individual awards. Each award includes a cash prize and a citation. These will be presented at Rajangana Udupi at 5 p.m. on November 6.
Awards : The B.B. Shetty Memorial Award will go to Yakshagana artiste Gerukatte Gangayya Shetty; the B.V. Acharya Award to Balakrishna Nayak; Nittur Sundar Shetty – Mahesh Shetty Award to Lakshman Kanchan; K. Vishwajna Shetty Award to B. Jagannath Rao; B. Jagjeevandas Shetty Award to Mundkur Jayarama Shetty; Kuthpady Ananda Ganiga Award to Sitaram Kumar Kateel; Bhagavatha Naranappa Uppoor Award to Vishnu Hegde Hiremakki; Dashavatari Marvi Ramakrishna Hebbar Bhagavata Award to H. Sripad Hegde; Shiriyar Manju Naik Award to Gundibail Subraya Bhat; Kota Vaikunta Award to Bellare Vishwanath Rai; Padaru Narasimha Shastri Award to Jayakumar Jain; and Kadiyali Subraya Upadhyaya Award to Nagappa Holemoge.
