Noted Kannada poet Jayanth Kaikini gets Balavana award

Team Udayavani, Sep 21, 2019, 5:24 PM IST

Puttur: Noted Kannada poet and story writer Jayanth Kaikini has been chosen for the Dr Shivarama Karanth Balavana Award.

The decision to present the award to Kaikini was taken at a preparatory meeting on novelist and playwright Karanths birth anniversary celebrations.

The anniversary would be observed on October 10.

Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary would inaugurate the programme to be presided over by Sanjeeva Matandoor, MLA.

A seminar and cultural programmes would also be held, assistant commissioner H K Krishnamurthy said.

Karanth’s house at Balavana has been renovated at a cost of Rs 30 lakh.

A sum of Rs one crore was sanctioned for the comprehensive development of Balavana and the work has been entrusted to INTACH, Bengaluru, he said.

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