Vocalist Chaitra Sairam and Sandeep Narayanan won the Yuva Kala Bharathi Award, 2013 by Bharat Kalachar. The award was given away at the 27th Marghazhi Mahotsav organsied by Bharat Kalachar at YGP Auditorium on Sunday.
The event, that was presided over by the former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi, saw a series of other awards and titles being given to senior artistes.
The Gnana Kala Bharathi title went to Madurai T N Seshagopalan. A Kanyakumari, Rajesh Vaidhya and Anita Ratnam were conferred with Viswa Kala Bharathi titles. The title of Natya Kaladhar went to S P Muthuram, Acharya Kala Bharathi to Guruvayur Dorai and Charumathi Ramachandran, and Kala Seva Bharathi to Radha Bhaskar and Sunil Kothari. The Nadaga Kala Bharathi titled was received by K S N Sundar. Special commendation award was given to B K Shafeequdeen. Nitya Sangeetha Kala Bharathi title was received by Radha Badri and Veda Krishnan.
The Marghazhi Utsav will be on till January 15. Noted personalities including Alarmel Valli , T M Krishna, Zakir Hussain, K J Yesudas and others are slated to take part in the event.