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Kanakadasa Award to be instituted

BANGALORE: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has announced that the Government will institute this year Kanakadasa Award for outstanding contribution on the life and literature of the 16th century saint-composer.

The Chief Minister, who inaugurated the Kanakadasa Jayanti celebrations in front of the Vidhana Soudha on Saturday, said the Government would give the award-winner Rs. 5 lakh.

The Government had declared a holiday on Saturday to mark the Kanakadasa Jayanti.

The State Government organised a grand function here to mark 521st birth anniversary of Kanakadasa (1508-1606).

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