Honour for Parassala Ponnammal

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chennai Fine Arts, a cultural organization based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, will honour Vidushi Parassala Ponnammal with Lifetime Achievement Award at a function to be held today. Prince Aswathi Tirunal Rama Varma will preside over the function and present the award. R Sridhar will be the other guest of honour. The function will be held at Theerthapaada Mandapam, East Fort at 6.00 pm.
Since its inception in the year 2003, the organization has honoured many veterans like Dr T K Murthy, Prof T N Krishnan, R K Srikantan, Dr.N Ramani to name a few. Last year, CFA honoured Parur M S Anantharaman during the occasion of Maharaja Swati Tirunal's Bicentenary celebration.
Ponnammal will present a brief concert after the award, accompanied by Vaikkom Padma Krishnan (Violin), Udupi Balakrishnan (Mrdangam) and Trivandrum Rajesh (Ghatam). The programme is open to public.