Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards: Ram Mandir statue sculptor Arun Yogiraj, former India hockey coach Jude Felix among awardees
Former Union minister Veerappa Moily and former Karnataka minister B T Lalitha Naik are among the 69 recipients of the Karnataka Rajyotsava awards
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Jude Felix, the former India hockey star (Left), Arun Yogiraj, the sculptor of the Ram statue installed at the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya (Center) and Real estate baron Irfan Razack of the Prestige Group (Right).A sculptor who made the Ram Lalla statue, a human rights lawyer who is the special public prosecutor in the trial of the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, a hockey whiz, and two highly regarded environment researchers are among the 69 recipients chosen by the Karnataka government for the annual state day or Rajyotsava awards.
Arun Yogiraj, the sculptor of the Ram statue installed at the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya; S Balan a human rights advocate; Jude Felix, the former India hockey star and coach; T V Ramachandra, an environment researcher from the Indian Institute of Science; and 88-year-old environmentalist and anti-pollution activist Almitra Patel are among the winners in the fields of sculpture, judiciary, sports and environment.
Among other prominent winners this year are former Union minister Veerappa Moily and former state minister B T Lalitha Naik in the literature category.
Narayanappa Shillekyat, 92, a proponent of the open-air theatre or bayalata featuring poetry from the epics, and Siddappa Kariappa Kuri, a blind artist of bayalata, are among the local artistes being honoured. Mallamma, a midwife, is among the recipients in the field of medicine.
Real estate baron Irfan Razack of the Prestige Group and former Karnataka chief secretary S V Ranganath, who served on the board of the Coffee Day group, are also being honoured.
The awards will be presented as part of the 69th Rajyotsava celebrations on November 1, the state formation day for Karnataka.
Here is the list of awardees:
Field – Folk
Veerabhadraiah
Imamsabha M Vallepanavara
Ashna Ramanya
Kumarayya
Narasimhalu (Blind artist)
Basavaraja Sangappa Hariwala
S G Lakshmidevamma
Pichalli Srinivasa
Lokaya Shera
Field – Film/Short Screen
Hema Chaudhary
M S Narasimhamurthy
Field – Music
P Rajagopal
A N Sadashivappa
Field – Dance
Vidushi Lalita Rao
Field – Administration
S V Ranganath (IAS retd)
Field – Medical
Dr G B Bidenhal
Dr Mysore Satyanarayana
Dr Laxman Hanumappa Bidari
Veerasangaiah
Hirachand Wagdare
Mallamma (a midwife)
Field – Miscellaneous
Hulikal Nataraja
Dr H R Swamy
Prahlada Rao
K Ajit Kumar Rai
Irfan Razak (architecture)
Virupaksha Ramachandrappa Havanoor
Field – Foreigners/NRIs
Kannaiah Naidu
Dr Tumbe Mohiuddin, UAE
Chandrasekhara Naik, USA
Field – Environment
Almitra Patel
Field – Farming
Shivnapur Ramesh
Putteramma
Field – Media
N S Shankar
Sanath Kumar Belagali
Amar Gundappa Karatagi
Ramakrishna Badsheshi
Field – Science-Technology
Prof. T V Ramachandra
Subbaiah Arunan
Field – cooperation
Virupakshappa (weaver)
Field – Yakshagana
Keshav Hegde
Sitarama Tolladi
Field – Byalata (open theatre)
Siddappa Kariappa Kuri (Blind Artist)
Narayanappa Shillekyat
Field – Theatre
Saraskriti Julyaka Begum
Oblesh H B
Bhagyashree Ravi
D Ramu
Janardhan H (Janni)
Hanumanadas v Pawar (Dhagal Chanda)
Field – Literature
B T Lalita Naik
Allam Prabhu Bettadur
Dr M Veerappa Moily
Hanuman Rao Doddamani
Balasaheb Lokapura
Byramangalaramegowda
Prashant Moda
Field – Sports
Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey)
Gautham Verma
R. Umadevi (Billiards)
Field – Judiciary
S Balan
Field – Sculpture
Basavaraj Badigera
Arun Yogiraj
Field – Painting
Prabhu Harasur
Field – Crafts
Chandrasekhara Sirivante
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