| 2006 Rajyotsava Awards | |
| Date: | 1 November 2006 |
| Location: | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Country: | India |
| Presenter: | Government of Karnataka |
| Previous: | 2005 |
| Main: | Rajyotsava Prashasti |
| Next: | 2007 |
The list of Karnataka Rajyotsava Award recipients for the year 2006 is below.[1]
| Recipient | Field |
|---|---|
| Vasanth Kushtagi | Literature |
| Earya Lakshminarayana Alva | Literature |
| Vishnu Naika | Literature |
| Kalegowda Nagavara | Literature |
| Sumithramma | Theatre |
| T. S. Lohithashwa | Theatre |
| Arundhati Nag | Theatre |
| Shripathi Manjanabylu | Theatre |
| H. S. Ramachandre Gowda | Folklore |
| Masthamma | Folklore |
| Gopalakrishna Kurup | Folklore |
| Gangadhara Gowda | Folklore |
| Malloja Mayachar Shilpi | Sculpture |
| Rekha Rao | Fine Arts |
| J. M. S. Mani | Fine Arts |
| Sadanand Kanavalli | Art Critic |
| Shah Rashid Ahmed Khadri | Handicrafts |
| Prabhakar Kore | Education |
| Thukaramsa Vittalsa Kabaadi | Music |
| Naganath Odeyar | Music |
| V. A. Ramdas | Music |
| Sangeetha Katti | Music |
| Padmini Rao | Dance |
| B. T. Chidananda Murthy | Medicine |
| Devadhar | Medicine |
| Vasishta | Medicine |
| B. S. Dwarakish | Cinema |
| G. Hamsalekha | Cinema |
| S. Doddanna | Cinema |
| S. Narayan | Cinema |
| K. N. Shanthakumar | Journalism |
| G. S. Sadashiva | Journalism |
| Shyam Sundar | Journalism |
| K. Puttaswamy | |
| Krupakar | Wildlife Photography |
| Senani | Wildlife Photography |
| M. K. Soorappa | Science |
| Venkatesh Prasad | Sports |
| Robin Uthappa | Sports |
| C. H. Hanumantharaya | Law |
| H. Gangadharan | Law |
| H. G. Govinde Gowda | Social Work |
| RUDSET | Social Work / Institution |
| Churdiya Charitable Trust | Social Work / Institution |
| Abu Dhabi Kannada Sangha | Overseas / Institution |
| Karnataka Sangha, Mumbai | Overseas / Institution |
| D. N. Desai | Irrigation |
| A. V. Somanath Dikshit | Scholar |
| Mahesh Joshi | Journalism |
| K. R. Sushile Gowda | Youth Service Education |