Spiritual leader and Vedic scholar Chaganti Koteswara Rao was conferred the Visishta Puraskaram of the Ramineni Foundation and felicitated by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu here on Monday night.
The Chief Minister also conferred Visesha Puraskaram on stage and cine artiste Kaikala Satyanarayana, Telugu litterateur Ampashayya Naveen, professor of Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University C. Mrunalini and felicitated them at the 16th edition of the annual awards instituted by the US-based Ramineni Foundation.
HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Zilla Parishad Chairperson Lalam Bhavani, convenor of Dr. Ramineni Foundation Pathuri Nagabhushanam, foundation chairman Dharmapracharak Ramineni, Visakhapatnam MP Kambhampati Haribabu, MLC M.V.V.S. Murthi, MLAs P. Vishunkumar Raju, Palla Srinivas, V. Anitha, P. Govinda Satyanarayana and K.S.N.S. Raju participated in the programme.
