Bangalore: The Bangalore overlord Magadi Kempegowda’s birthday celebrations are taking place on April 6, Friday.

The BBMP is giving annual awards in the founder’s memory, when CM Sadananda Gowda presents these awards to 45 personalities selected for the occasion, in various walks of life, such as sports, stage, folklore, literature, body-building, law, police and journalism etc.

Each awardee is given Rs25,000 cash, a souvenir, and citation, a BBMP release stated on Aril 4.

The Brihat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) has made 18 categories for the annual awards.

Several awardees are named in areas like, social service, sports, education, stage/TV crafts, Music/Culture, and Journalism. Ramesh Kamath is honoured for Vaastu(building art) M. Fayaz Ahmed is named for wrestling in sports. Inspectors Babu Naronha and Ravishankar are selected for Police service.