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- The Department of Kannada and Culture held a cultural programme called Saanskrita Sourabha in Bahadur Bandi village in Koppal taluk on Friday, featuring performances by local artists, including a Kalaghataki play by a team from Kavalur led by Basavaraj Hosur.
- At the event, Karnataka Nataka Academy member Chandapasha Killedar announced that the government gives senior artists aged above 58 a monthly honorarium of ₹2,500 and urged all senior artists in the district to make use of it.
- Speakers at the event praised the department for giving a stage to various traditional art forms such as Dollinapada, Geegipada and Choudkipada, and several local officials and dignitaries attended.
- The programme matters because it highlights state support for folk and senior artists in rural Karnataka.
What to watch next
- Whether senior artists in Koppal district apply for and receive the ₹2,500 monthly government honorarium for those above 58 years.
- Whether the department organises more Saanskrita Sourabha programmes in other villages of the district.
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Named India · Abdul Rehman Hiremasuti · A.V. Kanavi · Basavaraj Keerti · Davalsab Chikkamasuti · Gavisiddappa Hosamani · Maheshwara Muddaballi · Mangunatha Nadulmani · Mohammad Rafi Hiremasuti · Shivappa Gyanappar · Yogananda Lebegeri · Chandapasha Killeadar · Department of Kannada and Culture
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