Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced 71 Rajyotsava Awards to mark the 71st Karnataka Rajyotsava, recognising achievers from various fields, Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi said.
Announcing the award list at a press conference, Tangadagi said nine awards have been announced in social service, the highest among all categories. Folk arts and miscellaneous categories have seven awardees each, while theatre and literature have six each. Education has four recipients.
Music, cinema and television, and sports have three awardees each. Sculpture, agriculture, science and technology, media, medicine and administration have two recipients each. One award each has been announced in dance, Yakshagana, Bayalata, handicrafts, environment, photography, architecture, engineering, judiciary, overseas Kannada contributions and painting.
Karnataka Ratna for Saroja Devi, Vishnuvardhan
The government has also announced the posthumous Karnataka Ratna, the state’s highest civilian honour, for veteran actors B Saroja Devi and Dr Vishnuvardhan. The awards will be presented on November 19.
Tangadagi said efforts were being made to invite superstar Rajinikanth to the ceremony. Actors who had worked with Vishnuvardhan would also be invited.
He said several other personalities were deserving of the Karnataka Ratna and that their names would be considered in the coming years.
