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Renowned nagaswaram artiste Thiruvizha Jayashankar has been selected for this year’s Harivarasanam Award.
Minister for Cooperation and Devaswom V.N. Vasavan announced Mr. Jayashankar’s sanction astatine a property league present connected Wednesday. The award, instituted by the Kerala authorities successful transportation with the Sabarimala temple, carries a purse of ₹1 lakh.
The grant acknowledges his contributions to popularising the upwind instrumentality and the genre of devotional music. Mr. Jayashankar, who resides successful Kumaranalloor successful Kottayam district, volition beryllium presented the grant astatine the Sannidhanam connected January 14, the time of Makaravilakku.
Mr. Jayashankar was introduced to the nagaswaram astatine a young age, grooming nether his begetter the noted nagaswaram exponent, Thiruvizha Raghava Panicker, and his grandfather, Thiruvizha Sanku Panicker. When helium was 18, helium stood archetypal successful upwind instruments successful a euphony contention organised by All India Radio. He received the prize from the past President Rajendra Prasad. In 1960, helium received the Ganabhooshanam diploma from RLV College, Thripunithura. After higher studies successful euphony astatine Government College, Chittur, and the Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram, helium became a disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.
In 1965, helium joined AIR arsenic an announcer. When helium retired successful 1995 arsenic elder announcer, helium was a apical people artiste successful nagaswaram. Mr. Jayashankar is simply a recipient of galore accolades including the Central and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards, Kalaimamani grant fixed by the Tamil Nadu government, the Isai Perarignar award, Guruvayur Award, and successful 2021 the Chembai Memorial Award.
Mr. Jayashankar was selected by a sheet consisting of Devaswom Secretary M.G. Rajamanickam, Travancore Devaswom Board Commissioner B. Sunil Kumar, and Palkulangara K. Ambika Devi, erstwhile Professor, Swathi Thirunal College of Music. The 2025 grant was won by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.
