Daijiworld News Network – Mangalore (VM)

Mangalore, Oct 29: Suvarna Karnataka Navodaya Award 2006 will be given to 17 prominent personalities of DK district for their contributions to the society.

V G Kodgi, Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda, Dr M Shantaram Shetty, B Ganapathi Pai

Dr M Mohan Alva, Ammebal Balappa, Peraje Srinivas Rao, N Gururaj

V G Kodgi (Agriculture), Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda (Education), Dr M Shantaram Shetty (Medicine), B Ganapathi Pai (industrialist), Dr M Mohan Alva (Art), Ammebal Balappa (Freedom Fighter), Peraje Srinivas Rao (co-operative movement), Dr Jeevandar Ballal (folk-Kambala), N Gururaj (Media), Sara Abubakar (literature), Amritha Someshwar (Folklore),Sadananda Suvarna (Theatre), Veenadari (Social work), Shamaraya Achar (Sculpture), K Govinda Bhat (Yakshagana), Raymond D’Souza (Sports) and Srinath Marate (Music) will be honoured.

Dr Jeevandar Ballal, Sara Abubakar, Amritha Someshwar, Sadananda Suvarna

Veenadari, Shamaraya Achar, K Govinda Bhat, Raymond D’Souza, Srinath Marate

Udupi in-charge minister Dr V S Achary will give away the awards at a programme held as part of ‘Kudlotsav’ on November 1.