2013 Rajyotsava award winners announced (Complete List)

The State government announced the list of 58 Rajyotsava award winners for the year 2013 late on Wednesday evening.

 

The recipients are —

 Literature

1. Ko Chennabasappa from Davangere,
2. Chandrakantha Kusanoor from Gulbarga,
3. Mallika Ghanti from Bagalkot,
4. K.B. Siddhaiah from Tumkur and
5. Srikanta Kudige from Shimoga.

Theatre:

1. Gajanana Hari Mahale from Dharwad,
2. H.V. Venkatasubbaiah from Bangalore,
3. Na Ratna from Mysore,
4. Florina Bai from Gadag and
5. Shashidhar Adapa from Dakshina Kannada.

Music:

1. Sohan Kumari from Bangalore,
2. Fayaz Khan from Dharwad,
3. Basavaraja Thirukappa Bhajantri from Haveri and
4.  Hanumantha Rao Gonawara from Raichur

Dance:

1. M. Shakuntala Hanumanthappa from Chikmagalur;

Folk:

1. Shanti Naik from Uttara Kannada,
2. Yelisowwa Madara from Davangere,
3. Bannur Kempama from Mysore,
4. Mahadevappa Monappa Badigera from Bagalkot and
5.  Sharanappa Vadageri from Koppal.

Yakshagana-Bailata:

1. K.M. Raghava Nabiar from Udupi,
2. Narayana Hasyagara Nellikatte from Kasaragod,
3. Rayappa Sangappa Kumbhara from Bagalkot and
4. Lakshmibai Salahalli from Belgaum.

Social work:

1. Soolagitti Narasamma from Tumkur,
2. Kondajji B. Shanmugappa from Davangere,
3. Maina Gopalakrishna from Mysore,
4. T. Raja from Bangalore and
5. Basavalingappa S. Jamakhandi from Bagalkot.

Kannadiga Diaspora:

1. Doctor Aarthi Krishna settled in the U.S. Outstanding achievement:
2.  Harekala Hajabba from Dakshina Kannada,
3. Ishwar Chandra Chintamani from Bijapur and
4. Sugayya Hiremath from Yadgir.

Institutions:

1. Shaheen Educational Institution at Bidar and
2. B.B. Bannada Janapada Kala Mela at Gadag.

Science and Technology:

1. K.P. Rao from Udupi, S. Aiyappan from Chamrajanagar.(Kannada software and Kannada fonts.)

Agriculture and Environment:

1. K. Narayanswamy from Chickballapur,
2. M.D. Subhashchandra from Uttara Kannada,
3. Anusuyamma from Ramanagaram and
4. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura from Mysore.

Sports:

1. C.M. Muthaiah from Kodagu,
2. G.H. Thulasidhara from Bellary and
3. Sadashiva Salian from Dakshina Kannada.

Fine arts:

1. Sheila Gowda from Bangalore,
2. Ali Saba Nadafa from Bagalkot,
3.  T.M. Mayachar from Mandya and
4. Vijaya Hagara Gundagi from Gulbarga.

Medicine:

1. V. Lakshminarayana from Kolar,

Cinema:

1. Sundarnath Suvarna from Dakshina Kannada,
2. R. Ratna from Bangalore,
3. Loknath from Bangalore Rural and
4. Girija Lokesh from Bangalore.

Media:

1. Gudihalli Nagaraja from Chitradurga,
2. C.G. Manjula from Bangalore and
3. R.P. Venkateshmurthy from Hassan.
4. P Mohammed working with Vijaya Karnataka

The Congress government restricted the number of awards to 58, as it is the 58th year of the state's formation. To avoid any controversies, the government had entrusted the responsibility of selecting the nominees to a committee headed by Jnanpith awardee U R Ananthamurthy.

In the past, the awards have run into many controversies . In 1992, the S Bangarappa government honoured 172 persons. In 2004, the SM Krishna government restricted the number to 60. But in 2005, the Congress-JD (S) regime broke the record by honouring 175 persons.

In 2006, the JD (S)-BJP government honoured only 50 persons and also evolved a policy to increase the number of award winners by one every year. But in 2009, the BS Yeddyurappa government broke the rules by presenting 93 awards .