Vishwakarma Day on Jan. 1, 2026 Mysore/Mysuru: Vishwamanava Day (birth anniversary of Poet Laureate Kuvempu) will be celebrated at 11 am on Dec. 29 at Kiru Rangamandira in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road. Vishwakarma Amarashilpi Jakanachari commemoration day (Samsmarana Dinacharane) will be celebrated at 11 am on Jan.1, 2026 at Kiru Rangamandira in Kalamandira premises,…
Seminar on Kuvempu’s legacy in New Delhi on Dec. 17
December 8, 2025CM Siddaramaiah to release Hindi version of Kuvempu’s ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam’ Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Kuvempu Vishwamanava Kshemabhivruddhi Trust, in association with Delhi Karnataka Sangha, will host a National Seminar on Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s life, achievements, and literary legacy at the Sangha office in New Delhi on Dec. 17, announced Trust’s Honorary Advisor and veteran littérateur Dr. C.P….
25,000 Voices… One Chorus
September 23, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Kannada Nadageethe,’ scripted by Poet Laureate Kuvempu, rented the air at Open Air Theatre in Manasagangothri campus this morning, as nearly 25,000 college students and staff from various Departments sang ‘Nadageethe’ (Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujathe, Jayahe Karnataka Mathe…) in chorus in celebration of ‘Nadageethe-100 — Savira Swaragala Sambhrama.’ The event was organised by University…
Kuvempu Jayanti celebrations at KSOU: State-level light music contest held
January 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: At the State-level light music competition jointly organised by Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) and Kuvempu Research and Extension Centre to commemorate the birth anniversary of Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu, more than 30 singers participated and rendered songs penned by the great litterateur. The competitions were held at Kaveri auditorium of KSOU in Mukthagangothri campus…
‘Kuvempu may not have reached great heights but for his association with R.K. Ashram’
February 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that poet Laureate Kuvempu could not have reached great heights in literature but for his association with Mysuru’s Sri Ramakrishna Ashram (RK Ashram), retired Kannada Professor and noted Orator Prof. M. Krishnegowda said the poet himself had often told this. He was delivering a talk on Kuvempu Darshita Sri Ramakrishnaru Mattu Sri Ramakrishna…
Kuvempu’s literature is global in nature: Prof. C. Naganna
February 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Noted writer and former University of Mysore Prasaranga Director Prof. C. Naganna said that Kuvempu’s literature which is comprehensive in all respects is global in nature and widely accepted. He was delivering a talk on ‘Kuvempu Sahitya Darshana’ at Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Jatra Mahotsav jointly organised by Jatra Mahotsava Samiti, Sri Ramakrishna Seva Sangha, Viveka…
Kuvempu’s ‘Negila Yogi’ poem to be caller tune and ringtone
June 21, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to take steps to promote popular poem written by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, “Negila Hidida Holadali Hadutha Uluva Yogiya Nodalli…” by making it as a caller tune and ringtone for mobile phones. Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil, in a recent statement, said: “In an effort to spread message about the importance of…
Kuvempu Birth Anniversary celebrated
December 29, 2019Mysuru: Rich tributes were paid to poet laureate ‘Rashtrakavi’ Kuempu on his 116th birth anniversary this morning in city. At Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies(KIKS) Prof. Basavaraj Kalgudi, a retired professor of Kannada from Bengaluru inaugurated the event by offering floral tributes to the portrait of Kuvempu and garlanding the bust of Kuvempu in KIKS…
Aniketana Trust to celebrate Kuvempu birth anniversary
December 23, 2019Mysuru: The city’s Aniketana Seva Trust will be celebrating the 115th birth anniversary of Kuvempu at Patrakarthara Bhavan on Tyagaraja Road at 10 am on Dec.31. Noted humorist Prof. M. Krishnegowda will inaugurate the programme. MDJA President C.K. Mahendra will inaugurate the celebrations. The Chief Minister’s Political Secretary M.B. Maramkal will be the guest of…
Vishwamanava Jayanti celebrations on Dec. 29
December 21, 2019Mysuru: The District Administration, Department of Kannada and Culture, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), Kannada Sahitya Parishat and other organisations have organised a function on Dec. 29 at Kalamandira here to commemorate the birth anniversary of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu as ‘Vishwamanava Jayanti.’ A meeting in that context was chaired by Additional DC B.R. Poornima at…














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