Veteran singer S P Balasubramaniam has been selected for this year's prestigious "Harivarasanam" award instituted by the Kerala government.
Balasubramaniam has been selected for the award in recognition of his great contribution to propagate the spirit of secularism, equanimity and universal brotherhood of Lord Ayappa temple at Sabarimala through the songs he rendered in different languages in the past five decades.
He was selected by a jury headed by Sabarimala high-power committee chairman K Jayakumar, minister for Heath and Devaswoms V S Sivakumar said here.
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The award carrying a cash prize of Rs one lakh, citation and plaque would be presented to Balasubramaniam at a function to be held at Sabarimala in June.
Cash prize of the award till last year was Rs 50,000 and it been incresed to Rs one lakh from this year he said.
