Mysore/Mysuru: The well-known senior art patron and organiser, C.R. Himamshu, Secretary of Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mahotsava Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, who is the man behind the Heritage Music Festival of Mysuru, popularly known as Vontikoppal 8th Cross Ganapathi, is selected for the title ‘Madhuraa Kala Sevaka’ by Chennai’s prestigious organisations ‘Ekatvam’ & ‘Laya Madhuraa’ School of Music.

He will be honoured and conferred with the title by HH Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Jagadguru on Feb. 6 at a function to be held at Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai, where the 60th year of active performance of Padma Shri, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Thiruvaarur Bhaktavatsalam will be celebrated.

The other eminent personalities, who will be honoured along with him are, Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.K. Murthy, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Umayalapuram K. Shivaraman, Karnataka Kalashree K.V. Anand & Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Trichy Sankaran with ‘Madhuraa Laya Samrat’ title and art patron Sri Sekar Viswanathan (San Diego) with ‘Madhuraa                                        Kala Sevaka’ title.