GURUVAYUR: The
Chembai Sangeetholsavam
held annually at the
Sree Krishna temple
at Guruvayur began on Friday. The 14-day Carnatic music festival was inaugurated by devaswom minister
Kadakampally Surendran
.
This year's Sree Guruvayurappan Chembai Puraskaram of
Guruvayur Devaswom
for the year was presented to veteran Carnatic musician K Omanakutty. The award comprising of 10gram gold locket of Sree Guruvayurappan, Rs 50,001, citation and ponnada were presented by the devaswom minister.
Devaswom chairman Pethambarakurup, devaswom member K Kunjunni and administrator C C Sasidharan attended the meeting. Award winner Omanakutty gave the inaugural concert. Nearly 4,000 classical musicians including renowned artists will take part in the festival this year.
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