Mysuru: Kala Sandesha Prathishtana had organised a music programme ‘Kalabhivardana-2019’ at Jaganmohan Palace here yesterday. ‘Kala Shastrothunga’ award was conferred on renowned musicologist Dr. R. Satyanarayana.
Inaugurating the programme, Indira Gandhi National Cultural Centre, Varanasi Director Dr. Vijay Shankar Shukla, recalling that he was a protege of Dr. Satyanarayana for the last 21 years, praised the latter as the only person in the country to decipher the principles of Bharatanatyam conceptualised by Bharata, Dhattila and Pandarika. He wished Dr. Satyanarayana to be a mentor for many musicologists in the country for many more years.
