Theatre artiste Phakirappa Varavi was given K Hirannaiah award and B S Keshav Rao the lifetime achievement award.
The awards were conferred on Ramananda Hirejewargi, Thippa Naik, Bharati Shirahatti, Venkataramaiah, Dr K H Panchaksharappa, Indiramma, Srinivasa Prabhu, I K Boluvaru, Kantesh Kadaramandalagi, K Ramakrishna, Mohan Sona, Manjunath Hegde, Enagi Nataraj, Basavaraj Hosamani, Arvind Patil and Virupaksha Naik.
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