The Karnataka state government has announced the winners of Rajyotsava Award 2016. Sixty-one eminent personalities from various fields, including literature, music, dance, theatre and arts have been selected, of which five individuals are from the film industry
Sa Ra Govindu, president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, Revathi, wife of late actor Kalyan Kumar, Lakshmi, Srinivasamurthy and actor Satyajith have been honoured with the Rajyotsava Award.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs one lakh and a 20-gram gold coin, which is a tradition followed by the government since 1966. Below is the complete list of winners:
1) Mahadeva Shivabasappa Pattana (Belagavi)
2) Ishwara Daithota (Bengaluru)
3) Indudara Honnapura (Bengaluru)
4) Bhavani Lakshminarayana (Chikkaballapura)
5) MM Mannur (Kalburgi)
6) MR Ranganatha Rao (Bengaluru)
7) Petri Madhava Naik (Udupi)
8) Kinnigoli Mukyaprana Shettigara (Udupi)
9) Dhyanappa Champlepa Lamani (Gadag)
10) Sujatamma (Ballari)
11) Shivaraja Patila (Bengaluru)
12) Thulasamma Keruru (Gadag)
13) GM Muniyappa (Kolar)
14) Nazir Ahmed (Uttara Kannada)
15) Wilson Bejawada (New Delhi)
16) Revathi Kalyankumar (Bengaluru)
17) Lakshmi (Chennai)
18) Satyajith (Dharwad)
19) Sa Ra Govindu (Bengaluru)
20) RS Lokapura (Belagavi)
21) Srinivasamurty (Bengaluru)
22) B Shyamsundar (Mysuru)
23) KT Gatti (Dakshina Kannada)
24) Sukanya Maruthi (Dharwad)
25)K Putanniah (Mysuru)
26) GK Veeresh (Hassan)
27) LC Soans (Dakshina Kannada)
28) Dr M Ekadri (Bidar)
29) Surjith Singh (Bengaluru)
30) SV Sunil (Kodagu)
31) Krishna Naikodi Amogeppa (Vijayapura)
32) JR Lakshman Rao (Mysuru)
33) K Muniyappa (Chikkaballapura)
34) Tejaswi Kattimane (Kopalla)
35) Dr Hebri Subhash Ballal (Udupi)
36) You Team (Bidar)
37) Parvathamma Kowdi (Yadagiri)
38) Druva Ramachandra Pattara (Vijayapura)
39) Kashinath Shilpi (Shivamogga)
40) Basavaraj L Jane (Kalburgi)
41) Maula Saab Imamsaav Sadav (Davangere)
42) T H Hemlatha (Tumakkuru)
43) Rameshwari Varma (Mysuru)
44) Umarani Barigidada (Bagalkote)
45) Chandrakumar Singh (Bengaluru)
46) K Muralidhara Rao (Dakshnia Kannada)
47) Dwaraki Krishnaswami (Bengaluru)
48) Hemavathamma (Bengaluru)
49) Pandit Narayana (Raichur)
50) VG Mahapurusha (Bagalkote)
51) Thimamma (Mandya)
52) Sharadamma (Chikkamagaluru)
53) Mallaiah Hidikal (Bagalkote)
54) Adiveppa Sanna Beerappa Kuriyavara (Haveri)
55) Sobhita Mothese Kambrekar (Uttara Kannada)
56) Chikka Marigowda (Ramanagara)
57) Ninganna Ningashetty (Chamaraja Nagara)
58) Devaraja Reddy (Chitradurga)
59) R Jaiprasad (Bengaluru)
60) Dr MN Vaali (Vijayapura)
61) Dr Shakuntala Narasimhan (Bengaluru)