Basava Puraskara

Basava Puraskara
Civilian award
Awarded for	Awarded for contributions towards social reform and social change
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
First awarded	2000
Last awarded	2021
Highlights
First winner	Saraswathi Gora
Last winner	Anand Teltumbde

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

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3. "Karnataka Government". karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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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.