Proud Billavas Mamatha poojary and Jaya suvarna....Five eminent personalities from the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are among the those who will be bestowed with 59th Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards. The announcement was made on Thursday October 30. National Womens Kabaddi member and Asian Gold Medalist Mamatha Poojary, senior journalist Sandhya Sathish Pai, Mumbai Based Business Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Jaya C Suvarna, Yakshagana Artists Vanase Narayana Ganiga from Udupi district and Sampaje Sheenappa Rai from Dakshina Kannada district are among the recipients of prestigious award. Asian Games double medalist Mangalore Express MR Poovamma from Kodagu who recently won the gold in Asian Games will also be honored. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice M N Venkatachaliah and noted space scientist K Kasturirangan are among 59 eminent personalities who have been bestowed with the State Award for the year 2014, on the occasion of Karnataka formation day. Among others who have won the award for this year include veteran South Indian playback singer S Janaki and the states’ literary body Kannada Sahithya Parishath. State Award ‘Rajya Prashasti’ is given to eminent personalities from various fields including art, cinema, media, theatre, sports, and science every year on the occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava-the state formation day on November 1. The Rajyotsava award winners are: Mudnakudu B Chinnaswamy, H Girijamma, G H Hanneradu Math, Vishnu G Bandari (literature); Kanti Hanumantharayaru, Abdul Sahab Annegeri, T Nanjundaswamy, J Lokesh, Shivakumari (theatre); V Mani, D Kumara Das, S Shankar, Indu Vishwanath, Pankaja Ramakrishna (dance and music); S Yogalingam, Maruthi Hanamanth Bhajantri, Poojari Nagaraj, Lakshmibai Reval, Chikkamariyappa (folklore); Vanase Narayan Ganiga, Sampaji Seenappa Rai, Bheemappa Doddabalappa Shillekyata, Basappa Dudalappa Salala (yakshagana/bayalata); Gururaj Hebbar, Dr P J Jacob, N Venkatesh, Hanumanth Bommegouda, Leela Sampige (social service); Ankegowda, Dadapeer Panjarla, Kanchyani Sharanappa (personalities); Vyjyanath Biradar Patil, R T Rama, M S Rajashekar (cinema); Chandrashekar Y Shilpi, Y Yankappa, Lakshmi Ramappa, Kasim Kansavi (fine arts/sculpture); D A Choudappa, Shivananda Kalave, Keeranageri Jagadish, Asha Sheshadri (agriculture/environment); Khadri S Achyuthan, Abdul Hafeez, Lakshmana Kodase, M B Desai, Sandya Satish Pai (media); Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Shanti Kuteera (organisations/associations); Jaya Suvarna (non-resident Kannadigas); Dr B N Suresh (science/technology); Dr Sathish Chandra P (medicine); Mamatha Poojari, Vilas Neelagunda (sports).
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:38:42 +0000
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