She had sculpted the bronze bust of Sir M. Visvesvaraya installed at Institute of Engineers in Mysuru Bengaluru: Renowned female sculptor of the State Kanaka Murthy (79), passed away at a private hospital here on Thursday, following brief illness. She leaves behind her husband, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. The bronze…

Kanaka Murthy hails from Thirumakudalu Narasipura and is born into a large culturally oriented family. Curiosity about nature and surroundings always tickled her mind even when she was a young child and she would keenly watch the housemaid sprinkling the front courtyard of her parents’ house with water and cow-dung paste and after neatly rubbing…