MYSURU: The city-based editors of the India's sole Sanskrit daily ' Sudharma ', KV Sampath Kumar and his wife Vidushi Jayalakshmi KS have been selected for the Padma Shri award They are selected under the Literature and Education-Journalism category.The two-page newspaper is sold for just Rs 1.50. The annual subscription of the paper is Rs 500.Sudharma is celebrating its golden jubilee year this year. Founded on July 15, 1970 by the late Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar, a renowned Sanskrit scholar from the city, this newspaper has the circulation of over 3,500 copies. Its office is located in the Agrahara area of the city. The paper has readers even in the foreign countries like Germany, Japan etc.Kalale Iyengar was instrumental in the launch of Sanskrit news bulletin on All India Radio. After his father's death in the year 1990, Sampath Kumar and his wife Vidushi Jayalakshmi KS are leading this newspaper."We are very happy that our contribution to the field of Sanskrit journalism is recognised," said Sampath Kumar and his wife Jayalakshmi.Sampath Kumar, who was a high school student when his father launched this news paper, is a B.Com, and Law graduate. He married Jayalakshmi in the year 1992."After marrying, I pursued MA in Sanskrit and Vidwath in Alankara. Sampath Kumar pursued his Vidwath in Sahithya," said Jayalakshmi."Vidwan HV Nagaraja Rao is like our back bone. He is with our newspaper since day 1. Vidwan TV Sathyanarayana, Vidwan VD Hegde, Vidwan Suddheer , and Shrivatsa Acharya are with us in our endeavor," explained Jayalakshmi.This two-page daily publishes news on page 1, while page 2 is reserved for the features and other articles.