Mridanga exponent Vid.V.S. RajagopalaL conferred with ‘Rajya Sangeetha Vidwan’ Award

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Mridanga exponent Vid. V.S. Rajagopala, who was conferred with ‘Rajya Sangeetha Vidwan’ award by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah during the inauguration of Dasara cultural programmes at the Palace premises in city last evening, is seen with MP R. Dhruvanarayan, Department of Information and Public Relations Secretary Dr. N.S. Channappa Gowda, PWD Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Kannada & Culture Minister Umashree, MLC Dharmasena, ZP President Dr. Pushpa B. Amarnath, District Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Co-op. Minister H.S. Mahadevaprasad, MLA M.K. Somashekar, Mayor R. Lingappa and MUDA Chairman K.R. Mohan Kumar. Picture below shows artistes of artistes of Kalasandesha Pratishtana presenting a dance feature ‘Male-Ele-Bele’ on the occasion.
Mridanga exponent Vid. V.S. Rajagopala, who was conferred with ‘Rajya Sangeetha Vidwan’ award by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah during the inauguration of Dasara cultural programmes at the Palace premises in city last evening, is seen with MP R. Dhruvanarayan, Department of Information and Public Relations Secretary Dr. N.S. Channappa Gowda, PWD Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Kannada & Culture Minister Umashree, MLC Dharmasena, ZP President Dr. Pushpa B. Amarnath, District Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Co-op. Minister H.S. Mahadevaprasad, MLA M.K. Somashekar, Mayor R. Lingappa and MUDA Chairman K.R. Mohan Kumar. Picture below shows artistes of artistes of Kalasandesha Pratishtana presenting a dance feature ‘Male-Ele-Bele’ on the occasion.

Mysuru :

Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, yesterday, conferred ‘Rajya Sangeetha Vidwan’ on the 80-year-old Mysuru-born Mridanga exponent Vid. V.S. Rajagopala at the Palace premises in city.

Rajagopala, who had participated in concerts at the Palace during the days of Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, is the first recipient of the award after the cash was increased to a lump-sum amount of Rs.3 lakh. All these years, the recipients of the award were given a monthly honorarium of Rs. 2,000.

Conferring the award after the delayed inauguration of cultural programmes at the Palace organised as part of Dasara-2015, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that though this year’s Dasara had been scaled down, its grandeur has not dimmed.

The two-hour delay in the inauguration of cultural activities left many music-lovers who had assembled at the venue disappointed. Ministers V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Mahadevaprasad, Umashree and others were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Wednesday – October 14th, 2015

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