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Profiles Jan 07, 2019

Non-Entities - A Less Known Organization

I will now talk about a small organization that lived only for a few years starting from about 1916-17. I also happened to be a member of the organisation. The...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Jan 04, 2019

The Connoisseurs of Mulabagilu

Muniswamy Achar was one of  the frontrunners among a group of connoisseurs at Mulabagilu. He was popularly called Gattanagari Muniswamy. He was a goldsmith...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Haricharan Mylaraiah

Profiles Dec 17, 2018

A R Krishnasastri (Part 2)

Prabuddha Karnataka Krishnasastri took up the sole responsibility of taking care of the Karnataka Sangha, its activities, and also as the chief editor...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Dec 16, 2018

The Relevance of Acharya M Hiriyanna to the Contemporary Time

Note: This is the full text of the author’s address delivered on the occasion the launch of the Mysore Hiriyanna Library, a set of reprints of M. Hiriyanna’s bo...

Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Dec 10, 2018

A R Krishnasastri (Part 1)

AR Krishnasastri (popularly written as A R Krishna Shastry) was a scholar by his very birth. His father, Ambale Ramakrishna Shastry was the head professor of Gr...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Dec 07, 2018

The Heart of Vaidika Brahmanas

Kunigal Sri Rama Sastri[i] had once embarked on a pilgrimage to Rameshwaram. Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar III had made all the necessary arrangements for the sa...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 30, 2018

Gundopanth Road—Abode of Renowned Vidwans

Diwan Gundopanth Road[i] in Bangalore lies to the north of City Market when we traverse from Arcot Srinivasacharlu Road towards Doddapet. The word “Diwan” has b...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 23, 2018

C Vasudevaiah (Part 2)

Final Days I had visited Vasudevaiah’s home about a month before the day of his demise. He sat up in his bed, made space for me, and insisted that I sit right...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Nov 18, 2018

Motaganahalli Sankara Sastri

Among the Sanskrit Vidwans whose patronage I sought, it was Sri Motaganahalli Sankara Sastri who showered me with love and affection. There was no other Vidwan...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 16, 2018

C Vasudevaiah (Part 1)

The moment I think of R Narasimhacharya, C Vasudevaiah’s name floats up to the surface of my memories. Both of them would come together to social events. They u...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Nov 04, 2018

Mahadeva Sastri and Ramasesha Sastri

Sri Mahadeva Sastri  was the elder brother of Motaganahalli Sri Sankara Sastri. Even he was highly accomplished in music and literature. Every Ekadashi a B...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 06, 2018

Bangalore’s Vainikas and Violinists

As far as I know, there were three eminent vaiṇikas (musicians who play the vīṇā) in Bangalore. Of them, the seniormost was an Iyengar. If I remember right, his...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Paresh Nadig