Beesu Kamsale artiste Puttaswamy of Mysuru and Rani Machaiah of Kodagu among awardees
Bengaluru: Thirty senior folk artistes, one from each district, and two folk experts will be presented the Karnataka Janapada Academy Awards for 2017. While the artistes will get a purse of Rs. 25,000 and a citation, the folk experts will be awarded Rs. 50,000 and a citation. Announcing the names of award winners here on Monday, Academy Chairman B. Takappa Kannuru said that the awards will be presented during the two-day Folk Convention to be held from Dec. 28 at Sagara in Shivammoga. The award winners are: Ganganarasamma (Sobane Pada - Ramanagaram); G. Siddanagowda (Folk Song - Davanagere); K.R. Hosalaiah (Veerabhadra Kunitha - Tumakuru); H.K. Papanna (Dasarapada - Bengaluru Urban); Akkayyamma (Marriage songs - Bengaluru Rural); Maramma (Sobane Pada - Kolar); Shanthamma (Traditional songs - Chikkaballapur); D. Thimmappa (Kolata Pada - Chitradurga); K. Vasudevappa (Tribal Healer - Shivamogga); Hanumavva Walikar (Traditional Songs - Koppal); Shivamma Burrakathe (Burrakathe - Ballari); Shivappa Hebbala (Hejje Kunitha - Yadgir); Rukavva (Tatva Pada - Raichur); Nagappa Kashampura (Moharram Pada -Bidar); Ismail Sab (Gigi Pada - Kalaburagi); Veerabhadrappa U. Mullura (Gigi Bhajan - Dharwad); Jakkavva Satyappa Madara (Gigi Pada - Bagalkot); Sabavva Annappa Koli (Traditional Songs - Belagavi); Jagadeva Golavva Madyala (Bhajan - Vijayapura); Maharudrappa Veerappa Itagi (Puravanthike - Haveri); Ramappa Dyamappa Koravara (Dollina Pada - Gadag); Somayya Sannagonda (Gondara Dakke Kunitha - Uttara Kannada); Puttaswamy (Beesu Kamsale - Mysuru); S.G. Jayanna (Chowdakki Pada - Chikkamagaluru); Krishne Gowda (Garudi Gombe - Mandya); Sannashetti (Neelagarara Kavya - Chamarajanagar); Lakshmamma (Bhajane Pada - Hassan); Leela Shedthi (Siripaddana - Dakshina Kannada); Rani Machaiah (Ummathat - Kodagu); and Guruva Dolu (Koragara Dolu - Udupi). The folk experts selected for the award are: N. Huchappa Mastara (Dr. Jee. Sham. Pa. Award - Shivamogga) and Shalini Raghunatha (Dr. B.S. Gaddagimath Award - Dharwad).
