The Official Ugadi Celebrations!: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR THE OFFICIAL UGADI CELEBRATIONS!

Whether it's to know what the next year has in store for you, to listen to some cool Telugu poetry or to just hang out with the CM (heh heh!), here's the place to be this Ugadi!

The Department of Culture is organizing the official AP Ugadi celebrations at Ravindra Bharathi in a traditional way. Here is the schedule:

9AM
Welcome Dance, Vedic Blessings

9:10AM
Panchanga Sravanam

9:40AM
Release of agriculture and temple's panchang, Felicitation to veda pundits and poets, Hamsa and Ugadi prize distribution

11:10AM
Poetry Recitation

The Chief Guest will be the CM, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, and he will be accompanied by the Speaker and some ministers.

For the year 2005-06, i. e. "Sri Pardhiva Nama Ugadi", the Government of Andhra Pradesh is felicitating the following personalities for their valuable contribution to the society, and art and culture, with the the Ugadi Puraskarams:

Prof. Modali Nagabhushana Sarma, Dean (Retd.), OU and University Of Hyderabad
Dr. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, eminent musician
Dr. K. Rajaiah, eminent painter
Prof. N. Gopi, Retd. Vice Chancellor, Telugu University
Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao, eminent artist, sculptor
Dr. Ch. Krishna Reddy, Department Of Folk Art Forms, Telugu University
Arja Srikanth, IRTS, Director, Department of Culture

The Hamsa Awards are being given to:

Literature
Gunturu Seshendra Sharma, Hyderabad

Music
Dandamudi Ramamohana Rao, Vijayawada

Dance
Nataraja Ramakrishna, Hyderabad

Folk
Janakamma, Dhimsa, Paderu

Painting/Sculptor
Surya Prakash, Hyderabad

Surabhi Theatre
S A Baba Rao, Nalgonda District

Please contact the Additional Secretary, AP Tourism & Director, Dept. of Culture, on 98480-11453 for further details.