Mangalore, Oct 31: A total of 20 persons from Dakshina Kannada district will receive the Dakshina Kannada district Rajyothsava award under various categories at the 58th Kannada Rajyothsava Day programme to be held at Nehru Maidan here on Friday.
The list of persons selected for the District Kannada Rajyothsava awards was released by the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada N Prakash here on Thursday.
‘Shanthi Prakashana' organisation, Yakshagana singer Leelavathi Baipadithaya, theatre artist Dinesh Attavar, journalist P B Harish Rai and cinema actor Aravind Bolar are among the 20 persons to be honoured with the award at the Kannada Rajyothsava Day programme on Friday.
Announcing the list of selected awardees Mr Prakash, who is also the chairman of award selection committee, said that the awardees had not been selected on the basis of any particular criteria. Over a hundred applications were received for the awards, he said.
List of personalities who have been selected for the award:
Literature: Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty, B L Nagaraj and'Shanthi Prakashana' (publishing house)
Music: Harry D'Souza (‘Harry's Silver Band')
Fine Arts: Suresh Attavar
Yakshagana: Leelavathi Baipadithaya
Folklore: Dayanand Kattal and Annu Paravan (Puttur taluk)
Agriculture: Dr D C Chowta
Theatre: Dinesh Attavar
Media: P B Harish Rai (City) and Harish (Bantwal rural)
Social service: Elias Sanctis
Cinema: Aravind Bolar
Art Patronage: Vijaya Vittalanath Shetty
Environment: Madhava Ullal
Classical music: Prakash Devadiga
Organisation: Maruthi Yuvaka Mandala (Ullal)
Kannada-favouring service: Dr Annayya Kulal
Education: Umesh Rao Yekkur
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