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Award for Sugathakumari

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: Samskara Sahithi, a cultural forum, would be organising a programme in honour of Panampilly Govinda Menon on his birth centenary celebrations on Wednesday. The first Panampilly Prathibha Puraskaram will be to poet Sugathakumari on that day.

Union Minister for Culture Ambika Soni would present the award at the function to be held at Maharaja's College auditorium at 4 p.m. The award consists of Rs.50,000, citation and a memento designed by Kattoor Narayana Pillai. K.L. Mohana Varma was the chairman of the judging committee that chose Sugathakumari for the award.

Writers Sukumar Azhikode, M. Leelavathi, M. Achuthan, and sculptor Kanayi Kunhiraman would be among those who would be honoured by leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy.

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