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VEENA SESHANNA MEMORIAL AWARD
The Veena
Seshanna Memorial National Award for 2019 was presented to vidushi A.
Kanyakumari, and the Swaramurthy V.N. Rao Memorial Award to vidushi Neela
Ramgopal, at Dharmasthala on 23 October 2019. A two-day music festival ‘Veeneya
Bedagu’, featuring 30 musicians, was organised jointly by Sri Manjunatha Temple
and Swaramurthy V.N. Rao Memorial Trust. Seen in the picture : (L to R) A.
Kanyakumari, Neela Ramgopal, Hemavathy Heggade, Dr. Veerendra Heggade, Prof.
Mysore V. Subramanya.