Artiste Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam recollects about former CM Karunanidhi at Valayapatti Kaashyap Naadhalaya Festival
The Hindu
Valayapatti Kaashyap Naadhalaya Festival honors musicians and percussionists with prestigious awards, including surprise tribute to former CM Karunanidhi.
The 13th music festival of Valayapatti Kaashyap Naadhalaya Festival commenced on Saturday with Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam, the renowned Thavil artiste, inaugurating the event by felicitating several musicians and percussionists.
During the ceremony, A.R. Subramaniam reminisced about a surprise orchestrated for former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi during an event for musician T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai. The CM was unexpectedly honored with a gold Nadaswaram and an award, which he noted was arranged without the CM’s prior knowledge to prevent his refusal. “Dr.Kalaignar, in his speech. remarked that he is generally never fooled, but this was for the first time by Valayapatti [A. R. Subramaniam],” said the percussionist.
At the inauguration, several awards were presented — Valayapatti Naadhalaya Siromani Awards to P. Unnikrishnan, Visaka Hari, and V.V. Ravi, the Madurai Somu Memorial Award was bestowed upon ‘Carnatica Brothers’ K.N. Sasikiran and P. Ganesh, the Karukurichi Memorial Award was given to Thirukovilur T.S.E. Babu and T.S.E. Kumar. Kovilur K.G. Kalyanasundaram received the Valayapatti Award.
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