'Profile of the recipients of the Shri Nijugana Purandara Awards'
The government of Karnataka confers Kanaka-Purandara award for people with outstanding achievement in the field of music, in the name of Karnataka’s famous haridasas namely Purandara and Kanakadasa whose contribution includes keerthanas, ugabhogas and stalwarts of Carnatic music. This award was renamed as Nijaguna-Purandara Award by the state government on 14-01-2010. The award is chosen for those who have rendered invaluable service in Carnatic music and Hindustani music and vocal instruments. This award includes plaque, shawl, gardland and cash of Rs. 5 lakhs
Below is the list of the recipients.
1. |
Vidwan Titte Krishna Iyengar |
1991 |
2. |
Dr. Gangubai Hanegal |
1992 |
3. |
Shree R.R. Keshavamurthy |
1993 |
4. |
Dr: Bindu Madhava Pathak |
1994 |
5. |
Shri Gamaki Raghavendra |
1995 |
6. |
Vidwan R.K. Shrikanthan |
1996 |
7. |
Dr. Puttarajah Gawaii |
1997 |
8. |
Shri M.S. Ramayya |
1998 |
9. |
Shri. Seshagiri Hanagal |
1999 |
10. |
Shri Bhadragiri Achuthadar |
2000 |
11. |
Shri. Subbarao |
2001 |
12. |
Shri Pandita Panchakshriswamy Matigatti |
2002 |
13. |
Shri. M.J. Srinivasa Iyengar |
2003 |
14. |
Pandita Vasantha Kanakapura |
2004 |
15. |
Shree B.S.S. Kaushik |
2005 |
16. |
Pro. V. Ramaratnam |
2006 |
17. |
Shri Chandrasekhar Puranikavatmath |
2007 |
18. |
Smt. N. Chokkamma |
2008 |
19. |
Shri Venkatesha Godkindi, Bangalore |
2009 |
20. |
Shri Lakshmanadas, Tumkur |
2010 |
21. |
Shri. Kurudi Venkannachar |
2011 |
22. |
P. Sangameshwara Gurava, Dharwad |
2012 |
23. |
Smt. Rajalakshmi Thirunarayanan, Bangalore |
2013 |
24. |
P. Raghunatha Nakod, Dharwad |
2014 |
25. |
Shri Veliyawadi Rangaswamy Iyengar, Bangalore |
2015 |
26. |
Shri Ganapathi Bhat Hassanagi, Uttara Kannada |
2016 |
27. |
Shri Ramdasappa .B, Bangalore |
2017 |
28. |
Shri B S Matha, Dharwad |
2018 |
29. |
Smt. Gowri Kuppaswamy, Mysore |
2019 |
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