Mysore/Mysuru: Jnanambika (65), wife of Kannada Chaluvali leader and former  Chamarajanagar MLA Vatal Nagaraj, passed away at a private Hospital in Bengaluru following brief illness on Tuesday. She leaves behind her husband Vatal Nagaraj, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were performed at the family’s farmland at Malarajahundi near Hadinaru village in Nanjangud taluk this morning, according to family sources.