Mysore/Mysuru: Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat, Mysuru, has invited applications from eligible candidates (litterateurs/writers) for GoRuCha Endowment Fund Award.

Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat

Folk scholar and Kannada writer Go.Ru. Channabasappa (GoRuCha), who has been leading Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat efficiently serving the cultural sector, was presented with a cheque for Rs. 11,11,111 by his admirers and well-wishers, who set up the GoRuCha Abhinandana Samithi, when the writer turned 85 in the year 2014.

The scholar gifted the amount to the Parishat adding Rs. 4 lakh to it from his pocket. This gifted amount has been instituted as ‘GoRuCha Endowment Fund’ and the interest accrued from it is being used to honour persons who have been contributing to Sharana Sahitya-Samskruti and Janapada fields (two in each category), every year.

While ‘GoRuCha Sharana Prashasti’ and ‘GoRuCha Janapada Prashasti’ carries a purse of Rs. 25,000 each, GoRuCha Sharana Sahitya Grantha Prashasti and GoRuCha Janapada Sahitya Grantha Prashasti carries a purse of Rs. 10,000 each.

Apart from cash prizes, the awardees will be provided with certificates and mementoes at the awards ceremony.

The applicants must submit three copies of books published in the year 2021 either by post, courier or directly visit the office of the President of Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat located at Shivarathreeshvara Circle, 1st Main Road, Jayanagar 8th Block, Bengaluru-560070 before Apr. 30, according to a press release from Parishat President Prof. Maleyuru Guruswamy.