KTR helps struggling Padma Shri ‘Kinnera’ Mogulaiah, as Congress Govt stops Rs. 10,000 monthly honorarium

HYDERABAD: Darshanam Mogulaiah, received Padma Shri for reviving the rare tribal musical instrument ‘Kinnera’. His title song in Pawan Kalyan’s Bheemla Nayak movie created a storm in both the Telugu States and was a super hit.

In recognition of his services and admiration of efforts to save a dying art, the K Chandrashekar Rao Government announced Rs one crore financial assistance and an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month after he received the Padma Shri award.

Mogulaiah, the father of nine children, spent that amount and married off two of his daughters, purchased a site, and started constructing a house in Turkyamjal on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

However, he had to stop the construction because of his ill health and lack of money. Mogulaiah, who was a diabetic patient and has a son who suffered from epilepsy had to spend Rs 12,000 per month on medicines alone.

With the Congress Government stopping the monthly financial assistance announced by the BRS Government, Mogualiah had no option but to work to earn a living and take care of his family.

The latest video of Moguliah working as a daily wage labourer at Turkyamjal took social media by storm. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao responded immediately and promised to help him. Taking to X, he promised to personally take care of Mogulaiah’s family.

He met Mogulaiah along with party MLAs Vivekanand, Malla Reddy, and Malkajgiri MP candidate Ragidi Laxma Reddy and helped him financially in his capacity.

Meanwhile, the State government in a statement said that Mogulaiah’s financial assistance had been paid regularly based on orders issued on May 29, 2021. However, Mogulaiah clarified that only March month's honorarium was paid on March 31 and there were no payments from the Government into his account.