Bengaluru: 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…
CPK inaugurates day-long ‘Kuvempu Sahityotsava’
February 6, 2019Mysuru: “Kuvempu is the Vivekananda of Karnataka who, through his writings, holds a mirror to the past and present. To understand Kannada language and Karnataka, one must study Kuvempu,” said Littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishna Kumar (CPK). He was speaking after inaugurating the one-day ‘Kuvempu Sahityotsava’ jointly organised by Janachetana Trust and Grameen Trust this morning…
‘Kuvempu-Tejaswi Meluku’ event held at Udayaravi
January 29, 2019Mysuru: Karnataka Sahitya Academy and District Chakora Vedike together had organised a programme titled ‘Kuvempu-Tejaswi Meluku’ at Kuvempu’s house ‘Udayaravi’ in V.V. Mohalla here on Sunday. Those who had assembled at the literary meet had an enjoyable and thought-provoking discussion on the works of eminent poet laureate Kuvempu and his son late Poornachandra Tejaswi. The…
Interaction on Kuvempu’s works this evening
January 27, 2019Mysuru: Literary works penned by Poet Laureate Kuvempu and his son-writer Poornachandra Tejaswi’s will be discussed at Kuvempu’s house ‘Udayaravi’ in V.V. Mohalla at 4 pm this evening. ‘Chakora’, a literary group initiated by Kannada Sahitya Academy, is organising the event as part of its first anniversary. ‘Chakora’ is holding monthly literary discussions at Kuvempu…
Kuvempu birth anniversary in Mysuru
December 29, 2018Mysuru: Vishwamanava Day, commemorating the 115th birth anniversary of Rashtrakavi Kuvmepu, was celebrated at various places in city this morning. Marking the occasion District Administration, Department of Kannada and Culture and Kuvempu Jayanthotsava Samithi had organised a function at Kalamandira. Inaugurating the programme Mayor Pushpalata Jagannath said that MCC would take steps to set up…
Poet Laureate Kuvempu and Prof. N. A. Nikam’s role in building Manasagangothri
August 4, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam Dr. K.V. Puttappa, popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, became the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore in 1956 and continued till 1960. Just then the University Grants Commission (UGC) had made it mandatory for Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes to be conducted in separate campuses. The problem…
Brahminical class armed to finish Kuvempu: NSD Director C. Basavalingaiah
January 14, 2018Mysuru: The Brahminical class has finished Swami Vivekananda who preached equality. They are on the verge of ‘annihilating’ Dr. Ambedkar and now getting armed to wipe out Poet Laureate Kuvempu, said National School of Drama (NSD) Bengaluru Centre Director C. Basavalingaiah. He was speaking during the valedictory ceremony of Kuvempu Vishwamanava Sandesha Jatha, organised by…
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