Janapada Sambhrama, a two-day folk festival to be organised by Kannada Janapada Academy and the Department of Tourism, will begin at Siddipriaya Kalyana Mantap in Hosapete, Vijayanagara district, on Saturday.
In a media release, Padma Shri award winner and transgender folklore artist and chairperson of Karnataka Janapada Academy Manjamma Jogati and Academy Registrar N. Namrata said that honorary awards for 2019 and the book awards for 2020 will also be distributed on the occasion.
“Minister for Muzrai, Haj and Wakf Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle will inaugurate the event. Minister for Transport and Tribal Welfare B. Sriramulu will be the guest of honour. Minister for Tourism, Environment and Ecology Anand Singh will preside over the event. Minister for Energy, Kannada and Culture Sunil Kumar will distribute the awards. Parliamentarians Y. Devendrappa, G.M. Siddeshwar and Syed Nasi Hussein, legislators P.T. Parameshwar Naik, N.Y. Gopalakrishna, Bhimanaik, Allam Veerabhadrappa, G. Karunakar Reddy, S.V. Ramachandra, Chandrashekhar B. Patil, Shashil G Namoshi and Y.M. Satish will be present,” Ms. Jogati said in the release.
