OLD GOA
Old Goa panch Tulshidas Kavlekar has been conferred the ‘Kala Gaurav Puraskar’ in the field of craft for 2021-22.
The award will be conferred on Kavelakar at Institute Menezes Braganza, Panaji, on December 23 and it consists of a memento, certificate of appreciation, shawl, shreefal and cash of Rs 25,000. Expressing happiness over the same, Kavlekar informed The Goan that he is preparing various mechanical sceneries on the eve of Diwali depicting the victory of good over evil. “I have been doing so for the past 40 years and people have appreciated me for doing something different,” he said and added that he even prepares items which could be used for preparing Christmas cribs.
