Why is Kannada,karnataka and kanndigas don't have enough recognition?

[Srinivas]

A lay man in any part of south India knows that mohan lal is a malayali ,chiranjivi is a telugu and rajanikanth is a tamil hero.however no one including me knows the name of single kannada actor.

Many south indians know that bharata natyam is a dance form from tamil nadu ,kuchipudi from andhra pradesh and kathakali from kerala.
But what is the dance form of karnataka ?

A state like kerala which is smaller than karnataka has its unique identity.
Why doesnt karnataka have one ?No one seems to be bothered that there is a language called kannada or people called kannadigas.

Seems you have no idea about Kannda film industry

Know about this gem of an actor Dr. Raj Kumar

You haven't had your own superstars. You did not idolize any Kannada actor to the level that Rajni or Chiranjeevi or Mammutty/Mohan lal were idolized in their respective states. So no Kannada actor is that famous. Even Rajkumar never enjoyed that status. The fault lies with you. Not with others for not knowing a superstar from your state, since you never had one.

One of the reason is Dr.Rajkumar is a simple person, still a great fan following here in Karnataka !

 

[shrivatsa]

Infosys owner is a tamilian..rahul dravid is a Marathi.

Infosys owner is tamilian? really how can you be so ignorant. Rahul learnt his cricket in Bangalore played for Karnataka not Maharastra. You still havent replied to my question "an you name me the state that got most number of gyanapeeta awards other then hindi?"

 

[livingdead]

When you don't have a strong culture it is easy to accommodate as well as to get assimilated...you come to my state of telangana and see how Telugu festivals like ugadi and sankranti are being celebrated with equal fervor by marwadis and north Indians..I think the same is the case with north Indians in Tamil nadu and kerala..but I don't think that is the case in karnataka..because they don't have as strong a culture as other states..instead of assimilating others into their culture they get assimilated into settlers culture and call it accommodating...

its unfair to compare poor and backward telengana with prosperous karnataka.
May be you dont have much going on, so hold on to your culture?

 

[dravidianhero]

Infosys owner is tamilian? really how can you be so ignorant. Rahul learnt his cricket in Bangalore played for Karnataka not Maharastra. You still havent replied to my question "an you name me the state that got most number of gyanapeeta awards other then hindi?"

I am sorry..narayanamurthy is a kannadiga..karnataka has more than it's share of gyanpeeth awardees,some good cricketers and some good businessmen..but at the end of the day what matters is does Kannada or it's culture have enough recognition?see until now I was thinking narayanamurthy is a tamilian..maybe kannadigas themselves don't treat their language and culture with respect?

 

[dravidianhero]

Seems you have no idea about Kannda film industry

Know about this gem of an actor Dr. Raj Kumar

One of the reason is Dr.Rajkumar is a simple person, still a great fan following here in Karnataka !

Who is Raj Kumar? The guy who was kidnapped by veerappan? See he might not have been known outside karnataka had it not been for that kidnap.

 

[kempe]

Hi, I have copy pasted some contents from quora, hope this post helps people to learn more about Karnataka.
Kannadigas in the field of science:

Dr. Raja Ramanna

Raja Ramannawas one of the most secretive and brilliant personalities surrounding theIndian nuclear programme, a programme started and envisioned byJawaharlal Nehruin 1947, and being directed byHomi J. Bhabha.

Raja Ramanna can be regarded as India's Oppenheimer.

In 1974,Ramanna and other officials of the BARC verbally notified Indira Gandhi that India was ready to conduct the test of its small miniature nuclear device. Indira Gandhi verbally gave permission toRamanna to carry out the test, and preparation was taken underRamanna.Ramanna immediately traveled toPokhranto pay a visit to the nuclear site that was constructed under his guidance. Preparations were completed under extreme secrecy and the first nuclear device was flown from Trombay to Pokhran Test Range withRamanna.Ramanna and his team installed the nuclear device in the nuclear test site and necessary preparations were done before Indira Gandhi's visit to his site. In the morning in May 1974,Ramanna conducted the first test of a small nuclear device under codenameSmiling Buddha.



C. N. R. Rao

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao FRS, also known as C.N.R. Rao (born 30 June 1934), is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. Rao has honorary doctorates from 60 universities from around the world. He has authored around 1,500 research papers and 45 scientific books.He is the recipient of most of the major scientific awards, and is member of all major scientific organisations.

Dr. S. K. Shivakumar

Dr. S. K. Shivakumar is an Indian scientist who was part of the team that developed the telemetry system for Chandrayaan-I, India's first lunar exploration mission. A native of Mysore in the state of Karnataka, he was responsible for designing the deep space communications equipment.[1][2] Shivakumar was involved in the development of the 32-meter dish antenna that can communicate with satellites millions of miles away.[3] Currently, he is the director of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, India.

Roddam Narasimha

Roddam Narasimha (born 20 July 1933) is an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Director of National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and the Chairman of Engineering Mechanics Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR), Bangalore, India. He is now an Honorary Professor at JNCASR and concurrently holds the Pratt & Whitney Chair in Science and Engineering at the University of Hyderabad. Narasimha has been awarded the Padma Vibushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2013.

Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar

Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar (ಆಲೂರು ಸೀಲಿನ್ ಕಿರಣ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ in Kannada) is an Indian space scientist and the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation having assumed office on 12 January 2015. He is credited with the development of key scientific instruments aboard the Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan space crafts. In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. Kiran Kumar previously served as Director of Ahmedabad Space Applications Centre.

 

[kempe]

Karnataka's contribution to Art forms:

Dance:

Yakshagana(Shown in the above pic),Veeragase,KamsaleandDollu Kunitha.


Music:
Hindustani:

In order Bhimsen Joshi, Gangubai Hangal and Puttaraj Gawai.


Carnatic:

In order Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa.


Purandara Dāsa (1484–1564) is a prominent composer of Dasa sahithya, a poetic form of the Madhwa philosophy. He is widely referred to as the Pitamaha (father) of Carnatic Music in honour of his significant contribution to Carnatic music.

Kanaka Dasa (1509 – 1609) was a poet, philosopher, musician and composer from modern Karnataka. He is known for his Kirtanes and Ugabhoga, compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music.

Contemporary:

In order C. Aswath, Raghu Dixit, Vijay Prakash (Jai Ho fame) and Annavru Rajkumar (actor).

 

[kempe]

Karnataka's contribution to Sports:

In order Prakash Padukone, Venkatesh Prasad, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble, The Wall Rahul Dravid, B. S. Chandrasekhar, Gundappa Viswanath, Syed Kirmani,Arjun Halappa (Hockey), Rohan Bopanna, Mahesh Bhupathi, Pankaj Advani(Billiards), Ashwini Ponnappa, Vikas Gowda (Discus throw) , M. R. Poovamma(athletics) and
Girisha Nagarajegowda (Paralympic silver medalist).


Team 1 (70's, 80's): The veterans

The old timers - G Vishwanath, BS Chandrasekhar & EAS Prasanna(Two of the famous spin-quartet), Brijesh Patel, Roger Binny & Kirmani (part of the WC-83 team)
From 1973-83 Karnataka won thrice in 6 appearances in Ranji Trophy.

(You can see Gundappa Vishwanath, BS Chandrashekhar, EAS Prasanna, and Kirmani )

Team 2(90's): Just retired (well .... feels as if they were playing just yesterday)

Rahul Dravid, Javagal 'Mysore Express' Srinath, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi, Venkatesh Prasad, Vijay Bharadwaj, Dodda Ganesh
There are times when 5-6 Karnataka players used to be in the Indian team. As expected, Karnataka won Thrice from 1995-2000 in Ranji Trophy

(Dravid, Srinath, Kumble, Prasad and Joshi - a constant fixture in the 90's)

Team 3 (2008-15) : Young turks

Vinay Kumar, Robin Uthappa, Stuart Binny, Mithun, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, CM Gautham, Ganesh Satish, Amit Verma

We are sure to see most of them in Indian Colours soon. Karnataka has won twice in 3 finals from 2009-15. Karnataka also created a record by winning all 3 major national tournaments for two years, consecutively !!

(The current champions- Vinay, Uthappa, Rahul, Binny, Pandey, Nair etc. can be seen)

Special Mention

Shekhar Naik - Indian blind cricket team captain, led India to a T-20 and a ODI world cup victory!

B. Field Hockey

Kodagu in Karnataka has a annual hockey festival which has a world record as the largest field hockey tournament in the world with 255 teams this year!

There are always 3-4 players from Karnataka in the Indian team, with ~10 players in the core probables. Players like M. P. Ganesh (Olympic medallist), Sommayya Maneypande, goalkeeper Ashish Ballal, Arjun Halappa, VR Raghunath, SV Sunil(considered the fastest in the world), Nikkin Thimmaiah, Uthappa etc hail from Karnataka.

(Drag flicker VR Raghunath)

C. Others

A. Badminton:
The legendary Prakash Padukone (Yes, yes, Deepikas father) was a great Badminton player, the first Indian to win All England Championship.

Ashwini Ponnappa

F. Discus Throw: Vikas Gowda, One of India's Olympic medal hopes

 

[kempe]

Architecture!

A. Vijayanagara Empire - Hampi, Many other temples

(Hampi)

(Bengaluru nandi(Bull) Devasthana- Kempegowda )

B. Wodeyars - Mysore palaces, temples in and around Mysore

C. Hoysalas - Belur and Halebidu, Somanathapura

(Belur)

(Keshava Devasthana, Somanathapura)

D. Chalukyas - Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal

(Virupaksha Devasthana, Pattadakal)

(Cave temple, Badami)

E. Adilshahis - Bijapura

(Gol Gumbaz, Bijapura)

 

[kempe]

F. Western Gangas - Sravanabelagola

(17m Monolith Gommateshwara statue at Sravanabelagola)

(Chavundaraya Basadi, Sravanabelagola)

G. Cholas- Hoysalas- Vijayanagara : Nanjundeshwara Temple, Nanjangud

(Nanjundeshwara Devasthana, Nanjangud- Karnataka's biggest temple)

Karnataka's contribution to Economy:

Karnataka is called as the cradle of banking in India. This is because seven of the country's leading banks, Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank, Corporation Bank, Vijaya Bank, Karnataka Bank, Vysya Bank (Now Kotak Mahindra Bank) and the State Bank of Mysore originated from this state.

Yoga: If you ask a foreigner "What is Mysuru famous for?", he would probably say "Palace, Dasara and Ashtanga Yoga!". Three major Yoga Gurus have their origin in Mysuru, Karnataka:

Other Notable Personalities:

Shakuntala Devi: TheHuman Computer.

General K.S. Thimayya:

General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya, DSO was a distinguished soldier of the Indian Army who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 in the crucial years leading up to the conflict with China in 1962. Gen. Thimayya was the only Indian to command an Infantry brigade in battle during the Second World War and is regarded as the most distinguished combat officer the Indian Army has produced.

 

[Trisonics]

Yanko astondu explain maadthya? Avan ajji bere kelsa Illa. Sumne, nodi swamy navirodu hege antha helodbittu..

 

[dadeechi]

When you don't have a strong culture it is easy to accommodate as well as to get assimilated...you come to my state of telangana and see how Telugu festivals like ugadi and sankranti are being celebrated with equal fervor by marwadis and north Indians..I think the same is the case with north Indians in Tamil nadu and kerala..but I don't think that is the case in karnataka..because they don't have as strong a culture as other states..instead of assimilating others into their culture they get assimilated into settlers culture and call it accommodating...

How ironic that this comes from a person whose people have lost their Telugu culture under the rule of Nizam of Hyderabad.

You have to visit places like Mantralaya, Belur Halebeedu, Shravanabelagola to understand the cultural riches that the people of the state have preserved.

Sri Raghavendra Matha | विद्ययाऽमृतमश्नुते

Official website of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation

The entire south Indian cuisine and music owe it to Karnataka.

Udupi India information: elegant in color photos

Development of Carnatic music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can find a mutt in each every district in Karnataka from Chickmagalur to Tumkur.

Sringeri Sharada Peetham - Jagadguru Shankaracharya Maha Samsthanam, Sringeri

You have an entire village speaking in Samskrit

Indian village where people speak in Sanskrit - BBC News

 

[Indika]

There is only one answer to this question we are not radical fanatics like in other states and we accept other people with open arms. If you ask a Kannadiga for a route in Tamil you will be surprised that you will get a reply in Tamil (or at least broken Tamil)

same if someone asks for info in any other language. We are a pluralistic society with very few radical elements. We love Kannada but we don't impose it on others so you seldom hear about it.

Agreed, ppl from Karnataka are more accommodating. One reason it does not get noticed bcos less -ve news. I have seen few riots in decade or so. Less disruptive elements to create ruckus. PPl are proud but that does not mean they wear it on their forehead.

There are lot many news from karnataka which ends getting tagged as national news. Once upon a time there were 6-7 players from karnataka in indian cricket team.

 

[kadamba-warrior]

I am not sure what the OP means when he says that the Karnataka culture isn't strong, but the unique thing about Karnataka is that "It is a TRUE bridge between Northern and Southern India"!

And it shows in Karnataka's
1. Music (only state in India where both Hindustani and Carnatic style of music are given prominence and practiced),
2. Cuisine (In fact, some of North and South Karnataka cuisines are so different that they could as well be from another country),
3. Languages (Hindi/Marathi/Urdu spoken in both Bangalore and Northern Karnataka to a significant extent and with fluency),
4. Even politics - only state in the South where BJP (which is "perceived" to be a North Indian party) is strong enough to form a government on its own.


But I have to somewhat agree with the OP when it comes to protecting the interests of Karnataka and its people at the national level. I won't go into details but it is evident in matters such as 'Kaveri/Krishna/Tunga-Bhadra/Mandovi' waters and even in Railway Infrastructure development in Karnataka.

Just consider the fact that despite being the source of so many major rivers, Karnataka is the second most arid region in India - next only to Rajasthan!

 

[dadeechi]

Just consider the fact that despite being the source of so many major rivers, Karnataka is the second most arid region in India - only next to Rajasthan!

Being the source does not really help. For example, you could compare Godavari River at Nashik with Rajahmundry