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Basava Puraskara is an award conferred by the Government of Karnataka on the basis of an individual's achievements in the areas of literature, social justice, and harmony.[1] It is named after Basava, who was a philosopher and Lingayat social reformer in the 12th century.[2]

Recipients

Year Recipient[3]


Notes Ref.
2000 Saraswathi Gora Social worker, co-founder of the Atheist Centre [4]
2001 H. Narasimhaiah Independence activist, physicist [5]
2002 Puttaraj Gawai Social worker, musician
2003 S. G. Susheelamma Social worker, President of Sumangali Seva Ashram
2005 L. Basavaraju Professor, writer [6]
2006 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Scientist, former President of India [7]
2007 Shivakumara Swami Pontiff of the Siddaganga Matha, founder of the Sri Siddaganga Education Society [8]
2008 Vijaya Mahantappa Swami Pontiff of Chittaragi Sri Vijaya Mahantheshwara Matha, Ilkal [9]
2009 Siddhalinga Mahaswami Pontiff of Tontadarya Matha, Gadag [10]
2010 Javare Gowda Writer, educationist [9]
2011 Ramzan Darga Writer
2012 U. R. Ananthamurthy Writer, activist [11]
2013 M. M. Kalburgi Scholar, epigraphist
2014 Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swami Pontiff of the Nidumamidi Matha, Kolar
2015 Go. Ru. Channabasappa Writer, folk scholar [12]
2016 Sindhutai Sapkal Social worker
2017 Patil Puttappa Writer, journalist [13]
2018 H. S. Doreswamy Independence activist, social worker, journalist [14]
2019 Chandrashekhar Patil Writer, playwright [15]
2021 Basavaliga Pattaddevaru Seer [16]
2022 N.G. Mahadevappa Professor [2]
2023 Anand Teltumbde Scholar, activist [2]

References

  1. ^ Thanawala, Sarah (30 January 2024). "Bhima Koregaon: NIA court allows Anand Teltumbde to travel to Bengaluru to receive Basava Rashtriya Puraskar award – The Leaflet". The Leaflet.
  2. ^ a b c "Civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde chosen for Basava Award; Na. D'Souza gets Pampa Prashasti". The Hindu. 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Karnataka Government". karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Saraswathi Gora selected for Basava Puraskar". The Hindu.com. Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 November 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Basava Award presentation tomorrow". The Hindu.com. Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Basava Puraskar 2005 given away to Basavaraju". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Basava Award for Kalam". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 25 August 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Basava Puraskar for Siddaganga swami". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Basava Puraskar Award". The Hindu. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Siddalinga Mahaswami to be appointed new pontiff of the Siddaganga mutt | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Award for Ananthamurthy". The Hindu. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Go.Ru. Channabasappa's contribution hailed". The Hindu. 20 July 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Basava award for Puttappa". Deccan Herald. 4 December 2017.
  14. ^ "National Awards to H.S. Doreswamy, C. Chandrashekar, T. N. Krishnan". Star of Mysore. 12 July 2019.
  15. ^ "ಚಂಪಾ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಬಸವಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ". Prajavani (in Kannada). 22 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Sri Basava International Award for seer of Bhalki Hiremath". The Hindu. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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