Awards

This section lists the names of the awardees for 2005. Take a look at the artistes who are being honoured by the various sabhas in December this year.

'Nritya Choodamani' for Rajeswari Sainath

Hyderabad based Bharatanatyam dancer Rajeswari Sainath will receive the 'Nrithya Choodamani' award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha this year.
The title will be conferred on 9 December 2005, at the inauguration of the annual music and dance festival of the sabha.

Honours for Ranjani-Gayathri

Kartik Fine Arts has announced its awards for the December Season 2005.
The sabha confers the title of 'Isai Peroli' on Carnatic vocalists Ranjani and Gayathri and the title of 'Nadanamamani' on US based Bharatanatyam dancer Ramya Ramnarayan.

The 'D.K. Pattammal award of Excellence for a young talented vocalist' will be presented to Sankari Krishnan and the 'Kartik Rajagopal Golden Jubilee committee award for best organiser' will be presented to K. Hariharan, Secretary, Parthasarathy Swami Sabha.

These awards will be presented at the inauguration of the 31st year Arts Festival on December 1, 2005 at Narada Gana Sabha's auditorium.

The sabha hosts its Tamil Isai festival from December 26 at Valliammal College for Women, Anna Nagar, Chennai. 

The 'Tamil Isai Vendar' title will be conferred on senior musician M. Balamuralikrishna and the 'Sirkazhi Sri Govindarajan Memorial Award' will be presented to mridangist Madras A. Kannan.

Contact: Kartik Fine Arts, Ph: 24997788.