Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of dignitaries, fans, admirers of novelist Dr.S.L. Bhyrappa (94), who passed away in Bengaluru on Wednesday, paid their last respects to the mortal remains of the latter, kept near Kindarajogi statue in Kalamandira on Hunsur Road in city yesterday.

The body of Bhyrappa, was brought in an ambulance of Jayadeva Memorial Rashtrotthana Hospital and Research Centre, Bengaluru, to Kalamandira at about 3.40 pm. The family members of Bhyrappa, former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha, senior journalist Vishweshwar Bhat and others accompanied the mortal remains.

Prior to the arrival of the body, the District Administration had made elaborate arrangements at Kalamandira, to enable the public to pay their last respects.

Adichunchanagiri Branch Mutt Seer Sri Someshwaranatha Swamiji, who paid his last respects to Bhyrappa, recalled that Bhyrappa’s mother was an ardent devotee of the deity Bhyraveshwara Swamy at their native. Hence he was named Bhyrappa, who had been conferred Chuncha Sri Award by Adichunchanagiri Mutt.

Correspondent of Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala Yukteshanandaji, former Chief Minister and Haveri MP Basavaraj Bommai, District In-charge Minister Dr.H.C. Mahadevappa, MLAs G.T. Devegowda. T.S. Srivatsa and K. Harishgowda, MLC A.H. Vishwanath, Chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Women Dr. Nagalakshmi Chowdhary, Vice-Chairperson of State Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority Dr. Pushpa Amarnath, Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr.P. Shivaraju, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, MCC Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif, Joint Director of Kannada and Culture Department V.N. Mallikarjun Swamy, were prominent among several other dignitaries who paid their last respects.