Govt Actively Supporting Fine Arts On Large Scale: Bhatti

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka stated that the People’s government has been actively supporting fine arts on a large scale, ensuring that artists will continually receive the government's support. He further mentioned that the government has been offering the necessary resources and services to individuals who promote the arts in the state.

The Deputy Chief Minister was the Chief Guest at the Bhakta Ramadas Jayanthi celebrations organised under the aegis of Telangana Sangeetha Nataka Academy at Indoor stadium of LB Stadium here on Sunday.

Bhatti Vikramarka, along with Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar Goud and Seethakka lighted the lamp to mark inauguration of calebrations. He felicitated classical music experts on this occasion.

Later addressing the meeting attended by musicians, lyricists and composers, Bhatti Vikramarka said that hereafter State Government will organise Bhakta Ramadas Jayanthi celebrations every year on a grand scale on the lines of Tyagaraja Aradhanotsavalu organised at Thiruvayyur.

He said that 392 birth anniversary celebrations were being organised by the Congress government throughout the State and he was happy that famous classical musicians Padmasri Yella Venkateswara Rao, Padmasri Dr Shobharaju, Kalaratna Puraskar awardees and Hyderabad Brothers Raghavachari , Hyderabad sisters Haripriya, Prema Rama

Murthy, Kovela Shantha, DV Mohan Krishna and other prominent musicians attended the event. bhatti recalled that everyone was aware of how Bhakta Ramadas serving as Tahsildar under the Tanisha rule used the tax money collected from people to renovate the dilapidated Sri Sitarama temple in Bhadrachalam.