The veteran writer Siddalinga Pattanashetti has been selected for the prestigious Gudleppa Hallikeri Award for 2024. Veeranna Chekki, senior trustee of the Gudleppa Hallikeri Memorial Foundation of Hosaritti in Haveri district, announced this at a press meet.

• He said this is the 19th award and will be presented in honour of the birth anniversary of Gudleppa Hallikeri on June 6.
• Chekki, who is also the secretary for the National Education Society of Hosaritti, said they have also set up a photo museum of freedom fighter Gudleppa Hallikeri at the Gandhi Grameen Gurukul, which is famous for traditional education along with the state board.
• More than 300 photographs of Gudleppa Hallikeri, secured by the famous photographer Shashi Sali, will be displayed in this museum.