Bengaluru: The State government has decided to confer 61 personalities with the State Rajyotsava Award 2016 on November 1 while the state celebrates Kannada Rajyotsava.
Among the chosen 61 are: Dr Hebri Subhash Krishna Ballal from Udupi, journalist Eswar Daithota from Bengaluru, J R Lakshman Rao, scientist from Mysuru and film personality Lakshmi.
The Rajyotsava award will consist of a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, 20 gram gold medal and a citation.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to distribute the awards at a ceremony organized at Ravindra Kalakshetra by the Department of Kannada and Culture in the state capital.
Following are the list of awardees under various categories:
Freedom fighter: Mahadeva Shivabasappa Pattana (Belagavi)
Judiciary: Justice Shivaraj Patil (Bengaluru)
Horanadu: Bezawada Wilson (New Delhi)
Literature: Ram. Sa. Lokapura (Belgavi), B Shyamasundara (Mysuru), K T Gatti (Dakshina Kannada), Dr Sukanya Maruthi (Dhward)
Theatre: Maulasab Imamsab Sadaf (Annageri) from Davanagere, T H Hemalatha (Tumakuru), Rameshwari Varma (Mysuru), Uma Rani Barigidadha (Bagalkote), Chandrakumar Singh (Bengaluru)
Film and TV: Ravathi Kalyankumar (Bengaluru), Lakshmi (Chennai), Srinivasa Murthy (Bengaluru Rural), Sa Ra Govindu (Bengaluru) and Syed Satyajit (Dharwad)
Music and dance: K Muralidhar Rao (Dakshina Kannada), Dwaraki Krishnaswamy (Bengaluru), Hymavathamma (Bengaluru), Pandit Narayan Dage (Raichur), V G Mahapurusha (Bagalkote)
Folklore: Thimmamma (Mandya), Sharadamma (Chikmagalur), Mallaiah Hidkal (Bagalkote), Adiveppa Sanna Beerappa Kuriyavara (Haveri), Shobhina Mothesh Kambrekar (Uttara Kannada) and Chikka Marigowda (Ramanagar)
Yakshagana-Bayalata: M R Ranganatha Rao (Bengaluru Rural), Petri Madhavanayka (Udupi), Kinnigoli Mukhya Prana Settigaara (Udupi), Sujathamma (Bellari) and Dhyanleppa Paampleppa Lamani (Gadag)
Social Service: Tulasamma Kiroora (Gadag), G M Muniyappa (Kolar), Somanna Hegde Devanakota (Chamarajanagar) and Nazeer Ahmed U Shaik (Uttara Kannada)
Miscellaneous: Dr M S Vaali (Vijayapura), R Jaiprasad (Bengaluru), Shakuntala Narasimhan (Bengaluru) and Devaraj Reddy (Chitradurga)
Art and Sculpture: Dhruva Ramachandra Paththaara (Vijayapura), Kashinatha Shilpi (Shivamogga), Basavaraj L Jane (Kalburgi) and Parvathamma (Yadagiri).
Agriculture and Environment: L C Sonlo (Dakshina Kannada), Prof. G K Veeresh (Hassan), K Puttannaiah (Mysuru) and Dr M A Qadri (Bidar)
Media: M M Mannura (Kalburgi), Bhavani Lakshminarayana (Chikballapur), Eswar Daithota (Bengaluru) and Indudhara Honnapura (Bengaluru)
Social Service: Team Yuva (Bidar)
Science and Technology: J R Lakshman Rao (Mysuru) and Prof K Muniyappa (Chikballapur)
Medical: Dr Hebri Subhash Krishna Ballal (Udupi)
Sports: Surjit Singh (Bengaluru), S V Sunil (Kodagu) and Krishna Amogappa Naykodi (Vijayapura)
Education: Tejasvi Kattimani (Koppal)
