Belthangady: D. Surendra Kumar, Annu Devadiga get Rajyotsava award
Belthangady, Nov 28: Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Education Institutions vice president D. Surendra Kumar and senior Nagaswara artiste Annu Devadiga got the Rajyotsava award, the list of which was announced by the government on Wednesday.
Surendra Kumar
Surendra Kumar who has been working as the vice president of the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Education Institutions and Indian Jain Milan national president, was born in 1951. He has been working in various institutions of Dharmasthala including the trustee of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Scheme. He has also involved himself in various other social activities. He is the younger brother of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade.
Annu Devadiga
Senior Nagaswara instrumentalist Annu Devadiga has dedicated his life for the art. Having education only up to 7th standard, he had started learning Nagaswara at the age of 9 from TN Govindaraj Pillai. Later, he had given various programmes in AIR and Doordarshan. In 2011, he was given Nrutya Academy award.
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Authorities seize PoP idols in Dharwad ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi
DHARWAD: The district administration has stepped up its crackdown on the sale of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols ahead of the Ganesh festival and seized idols from workshops in the city on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off received by Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J., a joint team of officials conducted inspections at the premises of 10 idol-makers in the Gandhi Chowk area according to a report by The Hindu. The operation was led by District Environment Officer Jagadish I.H., with support from the Municipal Corporation and Police Department.
During the search, 10 PoP idols were found in the shop of idol-maker Santosh Chavan. The idols were confiscated and a formal warning was issued to him. Officials also collected samples of partially completed idols from multiple workshops, which have been sent to laboratories for testing.
The inspection team included Municipal Environment Engineer Saroja Pujar, Senior Health Inspector Shanthagouda Biradar, Health Inspector Vidyashree Badiger and other staff members.
