Rajyotsava Awards on Karnataka Rajyotsava/Kannada Day

Karnataka Government Released Rajyotsva Awardees Names on The Eve of Karnataka Rangotsava.

The Basvaraj Bommai-led Karnataka government announced the names of all the Karnataka Rajyotsava awardees on 31st October, a day ahead of Kannada Day.

Rajyotsava Awards or Rajyotsava Prashasti is Karnataka’s second-highest honour given by the state government on its establishment day celebrated on 1st November as Kannada Rajyotsava.

On 31st October,  the eve of Rajyotsava, the Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai congratulated the awardees for winning the Kannada Rajyotsava and the ten organizations for winning the country’s Amrit Mahotsava on Twitter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his best wishes to the state’s citizens on the special occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava through his Twitter account.

He also praised Karnataka for its forefront of outstanding research and enterprise and wished the state to reach new heights of success.

Along with the Prime Minister, many other companies, organizations and people send their wishes to the Karnataka state on Twitter.

Kannada Rajyotsava

Kannada or Karnataka Day is the foundation or formation day, celebrated on 1st November every year ever since all the Kannada speaking regions merged to form the Karnataka state in 1956.

The Day is celebrated with Cultural Events, flag hosting, Processions, and honouring Rajyotsava Awards.

Awards

The list released by the Karnataka government has the total names of sixty-six awardees and ten organizations that included the following categories ;

• Literature-
  • Siddappa Bidari from Bagalkot.
  • Krishna Kulkarni from Vijayapur.
  • Ajjampura Manjunath from Chikkamagaluru.
  • Jayalakshmi Mangalamurthy from Raichur.
  • Prof DT Rangaswamy from Chitadurga.
  • Mahadeva Shankanapura from Chamarajanagar.

• Folk Art-
  • Maharudrappa Veerappa Itagi from Haveri.
  • Venkappa Govindappa Bhajantri from Dharwad.
  • Mallikarjun Rachanppa Mudakavi from Bagalkot.
  • Bannanje Babu Ameen from Udupi.
  • Durgappa Chennadaasara from Bellary.
  • Gowramma Hucchappa Master from Master.
  • RB Nayak from Vijayaput.

• Theatre-
  • Saavithir Goudar from Gadag.
  • Malleshaiah N from Ramnagar.
  • Ramesh Gowda Patil from Bellary.
  • Prakash Belawadi from Chikkamagaluru
  • Fakeerappa Ramappa Kodai from Haveri.

• Cinema-
  • Devaraj from Bengaluru Urban.

• Music-
  • Venkanna Chitragara from Koppal.

• Sculpture
  • Venkanna Chitragara from Koppal.
  • Dr G Jnananda from Chikkaballapur.

• Medicine-
  • Dr Shivanagouda Rudragouda Ramanagoudar from Dharwad.
  • Dr Sudarashan from Bengaluru.
  • Dr Duresh Rao from Dakshina Kannada.
  • Dr AR Pradeep from Bengaluru Urban.
  • Dr Vyasa Deshpande from Dharwad.
  • Dr Sultan Jagalutu from Davanagere.

• Education-
  • Prof PV Krishna Bhat.
  • Sridhar Chakravarthy from Dharwad.
  • Swami Lingappa from Mysuru.

• Journalism-
  • Pattam Anantha Padmanabha from Mysuru.
  • UB Rajalakshmi from Udupi.

• Judiciary-
  • CV Keshava Murthy from Mysuru.

• Administration-
  • HR Kasturirangnan.

• Social Service-
  • Dr JN Ramakrishnegowada from Mandya.
  • BL Patil from Belagavi.
  • Muniyappa Domlur from Bengaluru Urban.
  • Madali Madaiah from Mysuru.
  • Sollagitthi Yamunavva from Bagalkot.

• Science and Technology-
  • GU Kulkarni from Bengaluru.
  • Dr HS Savithri from Bengaluru Urban.

• Entrepreneur-
  • Shyamaraju from Bengaluru.

• Agriculture-
  • Shankarappa Ammanaghatta from Tumkur.
  • Gurulingappa Meldoddi from Bidar.
  • Dr C Nagaraj from Bengaluru Rural.

• Environment-
  • Baikampady Ramachandra from Dakshina Kannada.
  • Mahadeva Velipa from Uttara Kannada.

• Sports-
  • A Nagaraj from Bengaluru.
  • Rohit Kumar Kateel from Udupi.
  • K Gopinath from Bengaluru.
  • Rohan Bopanna from Kodgu.

• Armed Forces-
  • Naveen Nagappa.

• Yoga-
  • Raghavendra Shenoy from Bengaluru.
  • Bha Ma Srikanta from Shivamogga.

• Hyderabad-Karnataka Unification Fighters-
  • Mahadevalla Kadechooru from Kalaburagi.

• Miscellaneous-
  • Ganagavathy Pranesh from Koppal.
  • Captain Rajarao from Bellary.
  • Dr B Ambanna from Vijayanagar.

• Yakshagana-
  • Gopalacharya from Shivamogga.

• Horanadu Kannadiga-
  • Siddarameshwara Kantikar.
  • Praveen Shetty from Dubai.
  • Chandreshekar Palthadi from Mumbai.
  • Dr Sunita Shetty from Mumbai.

• Pourakarmika-
  • Ratnamma Shivappa Babalad from Yadgir.

Along with the Rajyotsava Awards, on account of 75 years of Independence, ten NGOs and organizations are also given the Amrut Mahotsav State Prizes.

• Veereshwara Punyashrama School for Blind Children from Gadag.
• Kottala Basaveshwara Bharatiya Shikshana Samiti from Kalaburagi.
• Karnataka Haemophilia Society from Davanagere.
• Sri Ramakrishna Ashram from (Mangaluru)
• Banashankari Mahila Samaja from Bengaluru.
• All India Jain Youth Federation from Hubballi.
• Anugraha Eye Hospital from Vijayapura.
• Adamya Chetana from Bengaluru.
• Utsava Rock Garden from Haveri.
• StepOne from Bengaluru.

Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti is a civilian award given by the state government of Karnataka, formerly known as the Mysore State Award. The reward for the gold medal of Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashanti is worth one lakh rupees.