Karnataka Ratna

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{{Infobox award
| name = Karnataka Ratna
| image =
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| caption =
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| awarded_for = Highest civilian honour of [[Karnataka]]
| sponsor = [[Government of Karnataka]]
| firstawarded = 1992
| lastawarded = 2009
| reward =
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder =
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 9
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Kuvempu]] and [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]]
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner = [[Veerendra Heggade]]
| website =
| previous =
| next = [[Rajyotsava Award]]
}}
'''Karnataka Ratna''' ({{Lang-kn|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 <ref name="javaregowda">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131100019/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/16/stories/2010011653560400.htm Karnataka Ratna award for Javara Gowda, Veerendra Heggade]</ref> 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]]. <ref name="javaregowda" />
== Awardees ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! S.No
! Name
! Image
! Birth / death
! Awarded in
! Field
! Notes
|-
| 1.
! [[Kuvempu]]
| [[File:Kuvempu1.jpg|100px]]
| 1904–1994
| 1992
| Literature
|
|-
| 2.
! [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]]
|[[File:Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| 1929–2006
| 1992
| Cinema, Music
|
|-
| 3.
! [[S. Nijalingappa]]
| [[File:Snijalingappa.jpg|100px]]
| 1902–2000
| 1999
| Politics
| <ref name="nijalingappa">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208225144/http://hindu.com/2009/02/04/stories/2009020453860400.htm A home of mementoes]</ref>
|-
| 4.
! [[C. N. R. Rao]]
| [[File: CNRrao2.jpg|100px]]
| b. 1934
| 2000
| Science
| <ref name="cnrrao">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107085426/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/27/stories/0127000a.htm Karnataka Ratna for CNR Rao]</ref>
|-
| 5.
! [[Devi Shetty]]
| [[File:Devi Shetty.jpg|100px]]
| b. 1953
| 2001
| Medicine
| <ref name="devishetty">[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/222128/padma-bhushan-raises-bar-devi.html]</ref>
|-
| 6.
! [[Bhimsen Joshi]]
| [[File:Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| 1922–2011
| 2005
| Music
| <ref name="bhimsennomore">[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article1120779.ece Karnataka declares day’s mourning to condole Joshi's death]</ref>
|-
| 7.
! [[Shivakumara Swami]]
| [[File:Shivakumara Swami.png |100px]]
| 1907-2019
| 2007
| Social Service
| <ref name="shivakumaraswami">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604115709/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/02/stories/2007040220290100.htm Siddaganga seer receives Karnataka ratna]</ref>
|-
| 8.
! [[Javare Gowda]]
| [[File:De. Javaregowda.jpg|100px]]
| 1915–2016
| 2008
| Education, Literature
| <ref name="javaregowda" />
|-
| 9.
! [[Veerendra Heggade]]
| [[File: Veerendra Heggade 01.JPG|100px]]
| b. 1948
| 2009
| Social Service, Philanthropic work
| <ref name="javaregowda" />
|-
|10.
![[:en:Puneeth_Rajkumar|Puneeth Raj Kumar]]
|
|1975-2021
|2021
|Cinema, Music
|
|-
|}
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://karnatakasahithyaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Karnataka-Ratna-Prashasti.pdf Karnataka Ratna recipients] (in Kannada). [[Karnataka Sahitya Academy]]
{{Karnataka topics}}
[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Karnataka Ratna|*]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1992]]
[[Category:Awards disestablished in 2009]]

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