Winners of Dasara and Rajyotsava Kavya and Katha Puraskar1
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Winners of Dasara and Rajyotsava Kavya and Katha Puraskar1

October 25, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 24 poets including four Horanadu Kannadigas and a specially abled have been selected for State-level Dasara and Rajyotsava Kavya Puraskar in the State-level Poetry Contest organised by Akhila Bharatiya Kannada Sahitya haagu Samskrutika Parishat and Gramantara Buddhijeevigala Balaga. They are as follows:

Horanadu Kannadigas Category: Seema Kulkarni (Malaysia), S. Nalina Prasad (Mumbai), Ramana Shetty Renjal (Maharashtra) and Divakar   Ballal (Kasargod).

Poetess Category: Renuka Kodaganji (Bengaluru), Leela-kumari Todikyana (Kodagu), Vasanta Surendranath (Magadi), Divyaja (Bengaluru), Asif Begaum (Kolar), P. Veena (Harihar), Dr. Gurudevi Hulleppanavar Mutt (Belagavi), Indira Shetty (Mysuru) and Nandana P. Shetty     (Dakshina Kannada).

Poets Category: K. Raveesh M.C. Halli (Chikkamagalur), Pradeep Soranagadde (Shivamogga), Raghuveer Mahalingapura (Bagalkot), D.M. Bhatta Kulave (Uttara Kannada), Dr. K.C. Chandrapakash (Tumakuru), K.T. Adarsh Kappadur (Shivamogga), D.P. Chikkanna (Mandya), M. Shivanna (Hassan) and B. Vijaykumar (Udupi).

Specially Abled Poets: Poornima Hanumantappa Badigeri (Hassan).

Senior writer and columnist from Belagavi Y.M. Menasinakai and senior writer and social worker from Hassan Jayashri D. Krishna were the jury.

P.A. Meghashree from Kasa-ragod has been selected for the State-level Kavya Puraskar given by Balaga President and journalist Dr. Berya Ramakumar and H.N. Savita couple in the name of their son late B.R. Ullas.

Katha Puraskar

A total of 13 members including two Horanadu Kannadigas and a specially abled have been selected for Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth Katha Puraskar in the State-level Story Contest organised as part of the 120th birth anniversary of Jnanapith Awardee Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth.

Horanadu Kannadigas: Karunakara S. Shetty (Maharashtra) and Sharada A. Anchan (Navi Mumbai).

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Women Writers: Divya Jagadish (Bengaluru), Sahana Kantabailu (Kodagu), S.L. Varalakshmi Manjunath (Nanjangud), B.R. Nagaratna (Mysuru), Hanchettira Fansy Muttanna (Kodagu) and Prof. Vidyareddy (Belagavi).

Men Writers: K.G. Bhad-rannanavar (Tumakuru), Y.M. Raghunandan (Mysuru), B. Kantappa (Bhadravati) and S.G. Shivashankar (Mysuru).

Specially Abled Writers: Bandihole Manjunath (Mandya).

Senior writer couple from Mysuru – K. Ramesh and Dr. S. Sudha and senior writer and columnist from Mumbai Dr. G.D. Joshi were the jury. Both Kavya Puraskar and Katha Puraskar will be presented to the winners during the Sahityotsava to be held in the month of November, according to a press release.

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