Mangaluru: Yakshadruva Patla Foundation Trust has set its sights firmly on helping ailing and infirm yakshagana artists. The Patla Sambrama will also see the trust honouring seven artists with Yakshadruva Kala Gaurava award. The trust has included amateur and woman artists for this benefit from this year, Satish Shetty says. Members of the trust and other yakshagana aficionados will simultaneously donate blood at the Sambrama, Satish Shetty said.The highlight of the Sambrama will be conferring of 'Yakshadruva Patla' award on Balipa Narayana Bhagavatha. In addition, the trust will confer pratibha puraskar on children of Yakshagana artists, scholarships to children of invalid Yakshagana artists, gold coins on children of artists who have scored more than 90% marks in SSLC, and second PU examinations.In addition, 15 invalid, infirm Yakshagana artists including eight from Thenkuthittu style, five from Badaguthittu style, one amateur and one woman artist will be presented with a purse of Rs 50,000 each.
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