bangalore union minister for information and broadcasting sushma swaraj on friday inaugurated the fifth purandarotsava bhakti mela a threeday event organised by the bhakti bharati prathishtana at gayana samaja recognising her as an indian woman epitomising indian culture the organisers requested the minister to ensure sufficient flow of funds for production of cassettes on classical music in karnataka audio cassettes titled haridasa mela raaga maalika rendered by vidyabhishana were released by sri vishvesha theertha swamiji of pejawar math the cassette series include 72 songs with 72 different melakartha raga noted musician t v gopalakrishnan was conferred with sangeeta saraswathi award and presented with the title purandara gana yogi at the event karnataka ganakala parishat president a h ramarao and that of gayana samaja kamalanath were also present