Mysore/Mysuru: Marking the birth anniversary of Poet Laureate Kuvempu, Vishwamanava Day was celebrated by various organisations at different venues across the city this morning. Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham inaugurated the official celebration at a programme jointly organised by the District Administration in association with Kannada & Culture Department and Kuvempu Jayantyotsava Samiti at Kalamandira…
Chikkamagaluru: Rajeshwari Tejaswi (84), wife of renowned Kannada poet late K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi and the daughter-in-law of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru this morning. She leaves behind two daughters, Sushmitha and Eshanya, both software engineers. Rajeshwari Tejaswi had been undergoing treatment in the hospital for the past three to four…
Former CM S.M. Krishna writes to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar Mysore/Mysuru: The long-pending project of converting the 85-year-old house of Poet Laureate and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa) in city into a Museum has just got a boost with former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna writing to Chief Minister B.S….
KSOU Vice-Chancellor Prof. S. Vidyashankar and other faculty members offering floral tributes to the portrait of Kuvempu at Cauvery auditorium in KSOU Campus here this morning. Mysore/Mysuru: Garlanding of Kuvempu Statue and floral tributes to the portrait marked Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s 117th birth anniversary celebrations in the city this morning. University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof….
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…
Mysuru: 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…
Well-known singer Dr. Shamitha Malnad and troupe enthralled the audience with a melodious music concert dedicated to Rashtrakavi Kuvempu on the occasion of the late poet’s 113th birth anniversary organised by Navabharat Nirmaan Seva Trust, Mysuru, at Vishwamanava Kuvempu Circle in Hebbal, here yesterday. Shamitha rendered the poems penned by Kuvempu. Earlier, the programme was…
Mysuru: There are plans to convert the 80-year-old house of Poet Laureate and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa) in city into a Museum. Talks are going on between the officials of the Kannada and Culture Department and the family members of Kuvempu in this regard. The house was built in Vani Vilas Mohalla in 1936….
The 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana has a rather special event where interested participants are taken to Mysuru’s literary destinations. Titled Kaviraja Marga, the tour, organised by the Department of Tourism, will take visitors to the house of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, novelist R.K. Narayan’s house, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies and finally to Rangayana. This…
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