Kalaburagi sculptor Chandrashekar Shilpi conferred with National Award

Veteran sculptor and woodcraft creator Chandrashekar Shilpi, primitively from Kakkera colony successful Yadgir territory and present settled successful Kalaburagi for implicit 4 decades, was conferred the National Award for 2024 by President Droupadi Murmu astatine a ceremonial held astatine Vigyan Bhavan successful New Delhi connected Tuesday.

Mr. Shilpi, renowned for his intricate enactment successful wood, including exquisitely carved doorway panels, pooja doors and idols, arsenic good arsenic chromatic sculpture, earned the nationalist designation for a masterfully crafted woody doorway. The grant was instituted by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) nether the Union Ministry of Textiles.

The grant carries a citation and a currency prize of ₹2.5 lakh. Notably, helium is the lone creator from Karnataka to beryllium selected for the nationalist honour this year.

Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, Ministers of State and elder officials of the Ministry were contiguous connected the occasion.

Mr. Shilpi, who has earlier received the Rajyotsava Award, has served arsenic a subordinate of the Karnataka Shilpakala Academy and connected the enactment committee for the Amarashilpi Jakanachari Award.