Mysore/Mysuru: Hoysala Kannada Sangha, in association with Savigannada Patrika Balaga and Shikaripura Harihareshwara Vedike, had organised Hoysala Award Presentation Ceremony at Ganabharathi Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar recently.

Retired Officer of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) K. Jaya-prakash Rao conferred Hoysala Awards on the following achievers from various fields for the year 2019: Dr. Pradhan Gurudatta, Editors of ‘Sudharma’ Sanskrit daily K. Sampath Kumar and Jayalakshmi, H.R. Chandravadana Rao, Prof. Morabada Mallikarjuna, Dr. T.V. Sathyanarayana, U.S. Ramanna, Pragathi Gopalakrishna, Suresh Rigvedi, Vidu. Mithra Naveen, Dr. Mamatha Sathyanarayana and Dr. Mugur Madhu Dikshit.

Speaking after inaugurating the event, Chairman of D. Devaraja Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation R. Raghu Kautilya lamented over diminishing number of Kannadigas fighting for Kannada causes.

Sri Ilai Alwar Swamiji of Melukote Vangipur Nambi Mutt, retired Registrar of Karnataka Nataka Academy A.S. Nagaraj, Agriculture Scientist Dr. Vasanthkumar Thimkapura, President of Hoysala Kannada Sangha Maddikere Gopal, theatre artiste B.M. Ramachandra, President of Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota M. Chandrashekar, Dr. Pushpa Iyengar, Ranganath Mysuru, Prof. S. Ramprasad and others were present.