Report and Pics by Shekar Ajekar
Daijiworld Media Network – Moodbidri (RD/SP)

Moodbidri, Aug 19: Vardhamana Prashasti Peeta here has decided to confer the ‘Vardhamana Sahitya Prashasti’ on Dr Krishnamurti Hanoor, a Mysore-based eminent Kannada folklore research scholar-cum-writer and the ‘Vardhamana Udayonmukha Prashasti’ on Tara Bhat from Udupi, a noted feminist. 

Peeta director Dr Na Mogasale and president Kulyadi Madhav Pai announced here on Monday August 17,  that the awards will be conferred, here during a glittering ceremony to be organized on Tuesday September 22.

The ‘Sahitya Prashasti’ comprises of a gold medal, citation and Rs 10,000 in cash, while the ‘Udayonmukha Prashasti’ carries a gold medal, citation and cash component of Rs 5,000. 

Dr Krishnamurti’s travelogue, ‘Haadiyolagana Jyoti’ and Tara Bhat’s novel, ‘Lotus Pond’, have been picked for the above honour.

Dr Krishnamurti is a creative writer, besides being a folklore researcher, who brought out a Kannada book titled ‘Sriyajjina Kathana Geethagalu’. He also served as the editor of English encyclopedia on Kannada folklore. 

Tara Bhat is a graduate in psychology and social science, has published two Kannada novels, ‘Avyaktha’ and ‘Lotus Pond’. She has been a noted journalist and feminist, who has worked with ‘Women’s Voice’, Abhyaan Pratistan, pro-people movements and also has directed a Kannada short film, ‘Tabbali’.