<p>The Department of Kannada and Culture will present its annual awards for the year 2012 to 12 eminent personalities, including writer U R Ananthamurthy, musician Prof R Vishveshwaran and writer Kayyara Kinhanna Rai. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The awards will be presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on May 23 at Ravindra Kalakshetra, according to Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree.<br /><br />The Basava Puraskara, for which Ananthamurthy has been chosen, carries a purse of Rs 10 lakh. <br /><br />Other recipients of various awards are: Kayyara Kinhanna Rai (Pampa award) R Vishveshwaran (T Chowdaiah award); B N Sumitra Bai (Danachintamani Attimabbe), Kum Veerabhadrappa (Prof K G Kundanagar Gadinada Sahitya Prashasti), Markandeya Avadhani (Kumvaravyasa), Pandit Sangameshwara Guruva (Nijaguna Purandara), Somasundaram (Santa Shishunala Sharif), Vasundhara Doreswamy (Natyarani Shantala), Lakshmibai Enagi (Gubbi Veeranna), U Bhaskar Rao (Venkatappa) and G B Hamsanandacharya (Jakkanachari). <br /><br />The Chowdaiah award carries a purse of Rs 5 lakh and the rest of the awards Rs 3 lakh. <br /></p>
<p>The Department of Kannada and Culture will present its annual awards for the year 2012 to 12 eminent personalities, including writer U R Ananthamurthy, musician Prof R Vishveshwaran and writer Kayyara Kinhanna Rai. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The awards will be presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on May 23 at Ravindra Kalakshetra, according to Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree.<br /><br />The Basava Puraskara, for which Ananthamurthy has been chosen, carries a purse of Rs 10 lakh. <br /><br />Other recipients of various awards are: Kayyara Kinhanna Rai (Pampa award) R Vishveshwaran (T Chowdaiah award); B N Sumitra Bai (Danachintamani Attimabbe), Kum Veerabhadrappa (Prof K G Kundanagar Gadinada Sahitya Prashasti), Markandeya Avadhani (Kumvaravyasa), Pandit Sangameshwara Guruva (Nijaguna Purandara), Somasundaram (Santa Shishunala Sharif), Vasundhara Doreswamy (Natyarani Shantala), Lakshmibai Enagi (Gubbi Veeranna), U Bhaskar Rao (Venkatappa) and G B Hamsanandacharya (Jakkanachari). <br /><br />The Chowdaiah award carries a purse of Rs 5 lakh and the rest of the awards Rs 3 lakh. <br /></p>
