Veteran artists Jatin Das, Dinanath Pathy and Asim Basu are among the seven eminent artists nominated for the prestigious Dharmapada awards for seven years from 2009 to 2015.
This was announced by Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda at the State Secretariat here. The award, instituted by the lalit Kala Akademi, carries a cash prize of Rs1 lakh, a shawl and a citation.
The names of the artists chosen for the award and the year of their selection are as follows: 2009: Golakh Bihari Patnaik; 2010: Asim Basu; 2011: Durga Prasad Das; 2012: Sudarshan Sahu; 2013: Jatin Das; 2014: Dinanath Pathy; and 2015: Raghunath Mohapatra.