Mysuru: ‘Kundan’ artist of the city R. Puttaraju has been selected for Vachana Chitrarachana Pithamaha M. Veerappa Endowment Award for the year 2018. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 68,000, a citation and a memento.
The Endowment award has been instituted at JSS Mahavidyapeetha in memory of M. Veerappa by his son Prafulla Chandra Veerappa and grandson Satish Praffula Chandra. The well-known painter Veerappa was the founder of Mysore Toys Company. JSS Mahavidyapeetha will honour Puttaraju at a function shortly, according to a press release from Publicity Wing of JSS Mahavidyapeetha.
