Sangeetha Jagruthi, a music and cultural organisation of Bengaluru celebrated
Pandit Narayana Das' sesquicentennial on September 5 on a grand scale, in a sabha
held in the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium. The
organisation instituted a national award in the name of Sri Adibhatla
Narayana Dasu. The first award was given away to Dr. Srikantham
Nagendra Sastry a well known Karnatic Music exponent by ‘Kalatapasvi’
Sri K. Viswanath the famous film maker who made a number of films with
classical music and dance as the backdrop of their storyline. Sri A. V.
Rajtrinath, the founder of Sangeetha Jagruthi infomed that the ‘The
Pandit Adibhatla Narayana Das Memorial Award’ which carries a
citation and a cash award of Rs 1,00,000/- would be given away to an eminent
exponent in the fields of Karnatic Music or Harikatha every
year.
Here is a selection of photos from the function:
