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…
A musical tribute to… Rashtrakavi Kuvempu
December 29, 2017Well-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…
After R.K. Narayan’s Museum,Plans afoot to convert Kuvempu’s house in Mysuru into Museum
December 15, 2017Mysuru: 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….
Kaviraja Marga, Tracing writers’ abode
November 18, 2017The 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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