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The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, arsenic portion of its 74th art festival held connected Wednesday, conferred the rubric ‘Sangeetha Kala Nipuna’ connected mridangam maestro Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam and ‘Nrithya Kala Nipuna’ connected renowned Bharatanatyam guru Kanchana Janardhanan.
Industrialist and nine president Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti congratulated the awardees.
T.N. Suresh, General Manager and Zonal Head (Chennai) of Bank of Baroda, the main impermanent of the event, said that arsenic the nine approached its metallic jubilee year, it should purpose to execute greater heights.
At the felicitation, vocalist Alleppey Venkatesan said Mr. Bakthavathsalam played the mridangam with sensitivity and the quality to equilibrium sound. He besides recalled respective anecdotes from the artiste’s performances, noting that they would stay memorable.
Dancer Madhumathi Prakash said Ms. Janardhanan adhered to accepted practices careless of the duration of a performance, presenting them successful a mode that adjacent a layperson could understand.
Mr. Bakthavathsalam and Ms. Janardhanan thanked the nine and the rasikas. Prizes were handed implicit to the 22 winners of the club’s yearly euphony competitions.
