Mysore/Mysuru: “Guru-Shishya Parampare is still prevalent in the field of music. There is no better field than music for communal harmony. Many Hindu-Muslim musicians have set a tradition of communal harmony through Guru-Shishya Parampare,” opined Dr. Jayadevi Jangamashetti, Assistant Professor, Music and Fine Arts Department, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi. She was speaking at a musical event and Pt. K.S. Hadapada Award-2023 presentation function organised by Sri Guru Puttaraja (SGP) Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, in memory of late Pandit K.S. Hadapada at Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar in the city, on Sunday.
She also demanded that any one of the Universities of the State be named after Ganayogi Guru Panchakshara Gawai and Ganayogi Guru Puttaraja Gawai to immortalise the names of two great musicians of Karnataka.
