Dakshina moorthy Na dapuraskaram award for Lata Mangeshkar THRISSUR: Playback singer Lata Mangeshkar has been selected for the Dakshina moorthy Na dapuraskaram award for her life-time contributions to the field of music. The award instituted by the Dakshinamoorthy Music Trust attached to the Peringottukara Devsthanam in Thrissur district carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a ponnada and a
sculpture of Saraswathi Devi and will be presented to the Nightingale of India at a function to be held at Peringottukara on January 13.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday music director M K Arjunan, who is also the chairman of the Trust, said the singer had been selected for the award considering her more than seven-decades long contributions to the field of music.
The late M Balamuralikrishna and S Janaki were the winners of the award instituted in memory of the veteran Carnatic musician, composer and director late V Dakshinamoorthy in the previous years.
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