The Karnataka Ratna is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka, India. It is awarded in recognition of a person's extraordinary contribution in any field. It was instituted in 1992 by the Government of Karnataka, which was then led by Chief Minister S. Bangarappa.Karnataka Ratna award for Javara Gowda, Veerendra Heggade A total of twelve persons have received this award.
The award
The Award comes with a gold medal weighing 50 gm, a citation, a memento and a shawl.
List of recipients
Year Recipient (birth–death) Image Field Notes1992 Kuvempu (1904–1994) Literature Dr. Rajkumar (1929–2006) Cinema 1999 S. Nijalingappa (1902–2000) Politics 2000 C. N. R. Rao (b. 1934) Science 2001 Devi Shetty (b.1953) Medicine 2005 Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011) Music 2007 Shivakumara Swami (1907–2019) Social service 2008 Javare Gowda (1915–2016) Education and literature 2009 Veerendra Heggade (b. 1948) Social service 2022 Puneeth Rajkumar# Cinema and social service 2025 B. Saroja Devi# Cinema Dr. Vishnuvardhan#
Notes
References
External links Karnataka Ratna recipients