# Rajyotsava Awards (2004)

The list of Karnataka Rajyotsava Award recipients for the year 2004 is below.
| Recipient | Field |
| Gurulinga Kapse | Literature |
| K. Anantharamu | Literature |
| Na Mogasale | Literature |
| Nirupama | Literature |
| H. S. Parvathi | Literature |
| Kum. Veerabhadrappa | Literature |
| Aravind Nadakarni | Literature |
| Gurumurthy Pendakoor | Literature |
| B. V. Veerabhadrappa | Literature |
| Khalil Ur Rehman | Literature |
| Pakkiresh Kanavi | Music |
| Somanth Maradoor | Music |
| Parameshwar Hegde | Music |
| R. K. Padmanabha | Music |
| Chandrasekhar Maloor | Music |
| Maarappa Daasar | Music |
| Shobha Naidu | Music |
| Y. K. Muddukrishna | Music |
| Kikkeri Krishnamurthy | Music |
| Thulasi Ramachandra | Dance |
| Padmini Ramachandran | Dance |
| Manju Bhargavi | Dance |
| Sanehally Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swamiji | Drama |
| Rajashekhar Kadamba | Drama |
| Prasanna | Drama |
| Prabhakar Saathakheda | Drama |
| Pratibha Narayan | Drama |
| Harijana Padmamma | Drama |
| V. T. Kale | Fine Arts |
| Heeralal Malkari | Fine Arts |
| Bhaskar Rao | Fine Arts |
| Veerabhadrachar | Fine Arts |
| Chikkanarasappa | Folklore |
| M. S. Lathve | Folklore |
| Kodi Shankara Ganiga | Folklore |
| Mathangavva U. Maadara | Folklore |
| Lingappa Mannoor | Folklore |
| Harish Kushalappa | Sports |
| Kavitha Sanil | Sports |
| Arjun Halappa | Sports |
| Tharunkumar Rachaiah Mathapathi | Sports |
| Pailwan Mooga urf Rudra | Sports |
| K. Y. Venkatesh | Sports |
| Harini | Cinema |
| S. Ramachandra | Cinema |
| K. S. L. Swamy | Cinema |
| V. K. Murthy | Cinema |
| B. G. Arun | Overseas Kannadiga |
| Kalpana Sharma | Overseas Kannadiga |
| Dayanand Nayak | Overseas Kannadiga |
| Venkatanarayan | Journalism |
| Ghulam Munthaq Huq | Journalism |
| A. Jayaram | Journalism |
| Shadaksharappa | Journalism |
| Zia Mir | Journalism |
| Goverdhan Mehta | Science |
| Vivek Javali | Medicine |
| Vijayalakshmi Deshamane | Medicine |
| Ravi Kishore | Medicine |
| Muralidhar Rao | Medicine |
| S. G. Ramanarayana Rao | Medicine |
| Ghanashyam Bhandge | Social Work |
| Donna Fernandez | Social Work |
| Indira Manvikar | Social Work |
| M. M. Bhat Marakini | Social Work |
| Gowramma Basavegowda | Social Work |
| Vasudevacharya | Social Work |
| Gangadhar | Social Work |
| Shadaksharappa | Education |
| H. G. Lakkappa Gowda | Education |
| H. B. Devaraj Sarkar | Education |
| Karunashrama | Institution |
| Veereshwara Punyashrama | Institution |
| C. V. Gopinath | Others |
| Belagere Krishnashastry | Others |
| Mohammed Sharif Gulshan Bidri | Others |
| Nidumamidi Swamiji | Others |
| Channabasappa Kelageri | Others |
| K. N. Somayaji | Others |
| P. Narasimhamurthy Shastry | Others |
| S. K. Jain | Others |
| Madhura Chatrapati | Others |
| H. R. Chandregowda | Agriculture |
| S. Thimmegowda | Agriculture |
| Munivenkategowda | Medicine |
| H. Shankar Shetty | Medicine |
| R. N. Shetty | Others |
| H. S. Lingappa | Education |
| B. C. Lingappa | Education |
| Mahadev D. Dikshit | Medicine |
| Japananda Swami | Social Work |
| B. Basavaraj | Social Work |
| C. H. Maridevaru | Writer |
| B. Mahadevappa | Journalism |
| Thontesh Shetty | Social Work |
| B. S. Patil | Social Work |
| Shirdi Sai Mandali | Social Work |
| D. K. Adikesavulu | Social Work |
| Harikrishna Punaroor | Social Work |
| Chetan Ramarao | Cinema |
| Cuduvalli Shivaswamy Chandrasekhar | Overseas Kannadiga |
| William Pinto | Social Work |
| W. P. Pinto | Social Work |
| Ramakanth Venson | Medicine |
| N. M. Prabhu | Medicine |
| P. C. Subrahmanya | Dance |
| Nagaraj Rao | Journalism |
| Sharad Tanga | Medicine |
| Keshav Jogitthaya | Social Work |
| M. K. H. Nagalingacharya | Social Work |