Karnataka Ratna

Karnataka Ratna (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರತ್ನ) is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka. It is awarded to a person for his extraordinary contribution in any field. It was constituted in the year 1992 ^[1] by the Government of Karnataka. There have been a total of 9 recipients of this award.

The Award

The Award comes with a gold medal weighing 50 gm, a citation, a memento and a shawl. ^[1]

Awardees

S.No	Name	Image	Birth / death	Awarded	Notes
1.	Kuvempu		1904–1994	1992	Literature.
2.	Rajkumar		1929–2006	1992	Films
3.	S. Nijalingappa [2]		1902–2000	1999	Politics
4.	C. N. R. Rao [3]		b. 1934	2000	Science
5.	Devi Prasad Shetty [4]	–	b. 1953	2001	Medicine
6.	Bhimsen Joshi		1922–2011 [5]	2005	Music
7.	Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji [6]		b. 1907	2007	Social Service
8.	Javare Gowda [1]	–	1918–2016	2008	Education, Literature
9.	Veerendra Heggade [1]		b. 1948	2009	Social Service, Philanthropic work

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Karnataka Ratna award for Javara Gowda, Veerendra Heggade
2. ↑ A home of mementoes
3. ↑ Karnataka Ratna for CNR Rao
4. ↑
5. ↑ Karnataka declares day’s mourning to condole Joshi's death
6. ↑ Siddaganga seer receives Karnataka ratna

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