Date:16/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111655900600.htm

Karnataka

Kanakadasa Award to be instituted

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has announced that the Government will institute this year Kanakadasa Award for outstanding contribution on the life and literature of the 16th century saint-composer.

The Chief Minister, who inaugurated the Kanakadasa Jayanti celebrations in front of the Vidhana Soudha on Saturday, said the Government would give the award-winner Rs. 5 lakh.

The Government had declared a holiday on Saturday to mark the Kanakadasa Jayanti.

The State Government organised a grand function here to mark 521st birth anniversary of Kanakadasa (1508-1606).