Mysore/Mysuru, April 16 -- * Kayakayogi Sri Siddarameshwara Award for Writer Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah

* B.V. Karanth Award for Theatre personality Prasanna Shantala Natyarani Award for Pratibha Prahlad

Noted writer Devanuru Mahadeva has been selected for the 'Pampa Award' 2025-26 of Kannada and Culture Department, Government of Karnataka.

Every year, the State Government selects eminent personalities who have rendered distinguished service in the field of literature and have made exceptional contribution to Kannada and Karnataka for the award, instituted in the name of Adikavi Pampa. Poet Laureate Kuvempu was the first recipient of this award in 1987.

Born in Devanuru village in Nanjangud taluk in 1948, Mahadeva pursued his PG in Kanna...