Karnataka government to honour 64 personalities with Rajyotsava award

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced the list of Kannada Rajyotsava awards for this year. Accordingly, 64 people from various fields will be honoured for their distinguished work. The awards will be handed over to the awardees on November 1.

Rajyotsava award is the second-highest civilian honour given by the government of Karnataka. It is announced annually and is given in remembrance of re-naming the state as Karnataka, on November 1.

From literature to folklore and yoga to bayalata, here is the list of Rajyotsava awardees.

Literature

Dr Manjappa Shetty Masagalli

B Rajashekarapapa

Chandrakanth Karavalli

Dr Saraswathi Chimalagi

 

Theatre

Parashuram Siddi

Pal Suidarshan

Hooli Shekar

N Shivalingaiah

Dr HK Ramanath

Bhargavi Narayan

 

Music

Chote Rehamat Khan

Nagavalli Nagaraj

Dr Muddumohan

Srinivas Udupa

 

Folklore

Neelagararu Doddagavisiddappa (Manteswami Paramapare)

Holabasaiah Dundaiah Sambalada

Bheemsingh Sakaram Rathod

Usman Sab Khadar Sab

Kotresh Chennabasappa Kotrappanavara

KR Holsalaiah

 

Sculpture 

VV Deshpande

K Jnaneshwar

 

Art

U Ramesh Rao

Mohan Sitanoor

 

Sports

Vishwanath Bhaskar Ganiga

Chenanada Kuntappa

Nanditha Naganagoudar

 

Yoga

Vanithakka

Kushi

 

Yakshagana

Sridhar Bhandary Puttur

 

Bayalata

Y Mallappa Gavai

 

Film

Shylashree

 

Short films

Jayakumar Kodaganoor

 

Academics

SR Gunjal

Prof T Shivanna

Dr K Chidananda Gowda

Dr Gururaj Karjagi

 

Journalism

BV Mallikarjunaiah

 

Cooperation

Ramesh Vaidya

 

Social Service

SG Bharathi

Kattige Chennappa

 

Agriculture

BK Devarao

Visveshwar Sajjan

 

Environment

Saaalumarada Veerachar

Shivaji Chatrappa Kaganikar

 

Medicine

Dr Hanumantharaya

Dr Anjanappa

Dr Nagaratna

Dr GT Subhash

Dr Krishnaprasad

 

Judiciary

N Kumar

 

Non-resident Kannadigas

Jayanth Manolli

Gangadhar Bevinakoppa

BG Mohandas

 

Cottage Industries

Navaratna Indudhar

 

Critic

KV Subramanya

 

Organisations

Prabhat Art International

Patanajali Yoga Shikshana Samiti

 

Miscellaneous

Dr Vijay Sankeshwar

ST Shanta Gangadhar

Dr Chennaveera Shivacharya

Lt Col BNBM Prasad

Dr N Someshwar

K Prakash Shetty