Reinstitution of Ghantasala's Bronze Statue

Date: June 9, 2003 7:00pm
Venue: Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad

The statue was originally unveiled on Feb 14, 1993 at the Public Gardens by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of the then Chief Minister Sri.K.Vijayabhaskar Reddy.

'Padmabhushan' Dr.C.Narayana Reddy (Janapeeth Awardee, MP & President of Raashtra Samskruthika Mandali) presided over the function. 'Padmabhushan' Dr.Akineni Nageswara Rao was the Chief Guest of the evening.

Mr.Talasani Srinivasa Yadav, Minister for Cultural Affairs released the biography of the late singer 'Mana Ghantasala' written by Sri P.S.Gopalakrishna and published by 'Padmashri' Dr.S.P.Balasubrahmanyam. Mrs.Savithri Ghantasala received the first copy.

The Chief Minister accepted the following requests made by Sri.SPB:

• Naming of a road in Hyderabad after Sri.Ghantasala
• Birthday of Sri.Ghantasala December 4th to be celebrated as state function every year
• Naming the government state award given to the "Best Playback Singer" after Sri.Ghantasala
• Providing "light Music" as one of the subjects in every music college

The above were declared granted by the Chief Minister during the ceremonious occasion.

The function was followed by a musical tribute to Sri.Ghantasala by the members of 'Little Musicians Academy - Hyderabad'. 35 children of Little Musicians Academy, Hyderabad sang songs of Sri.Ghantasala conducted by Sri.Ramachari.