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Profiles Aug 13, 2018

The Archakas of Mulabagal

The Anjaneyaswamy Temple of Mulabagal is extremely famous. Folks from the Mysore-Bangalore region who went on a pilgrimage to Tirupati would typically travel vi...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Aug 10, 2018

Nangapuram Venkatesha Iyengar

Among those who built the Kannada Sahitya Parishad, it is essential for my contentment to reminisce about the early few. Nangapuram Venkatesha Iyengar is o...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles Jul 31, 2018

Kashi Raghavendracharya: The Devout Sanskrit Guru

My first Sanskrit Guru was Sri Kashi Raghavendracharya. Although there were numerous Sanskrit Vidwans in Mulabagal, there was no formal Sanskrit Patashala (Scho...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Jul 27, 2018

Mirza Saheb’s Gurubhakti

It was night-time. Sometime during 1914-15. Venkatanaranappa visited my house and said, “I had been to Mysore the day before yesterday to attend the senate meet...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Jul 25, 2018

M L Shreekantesha Gowda

In an earlier episode, while discussing the revival of modern Kannada, we reminisced about Mysore’s GTA, the university graduates’ association. One among the ma...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji

Profiles Jul 20, 2018

Sri Vasudeva Sastri and his Family of Disciples

From what I’ve heard, Sri Vasudeva Sastri hailed from Doddaballapura. His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore bestowed upon him the title of “Vidyanidhi” (literally...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Jul 10, 2018

M S Puttanna

M S Puttanna was a person who toiled for the revival of Kannada right from the beginning. During his initial days, he worked for a while along with Venkatakrish...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Jul 07, 2018

Nanjundashastri of Kadaba

Much like Togere Nanjundashastri, the Nanjundashastri of Kadaba was also a traditional scholar. A person with complete mastery over both Sanskrit and classical...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles Jun 22, 2018

Togere Nanjundashastri

The Kannada Sahitya Parishad appointed two senior scholars to carry out its work. One was Nanjundashastri of Togere. The other was Nanjundashastri of...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Rashmi Canchi

Profiles Jun 17, 2018

Purohitas and Purana Vidwans

- 1 - Sri Subbabhatta   Mulabagal Sri Subbabhatta hailed from a lineage of Raja Purohitas (Royal Purohitas) and belonged to the Badaganadu subsect. He w...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Jun 13, 2018

Sri Chandrashekhara Sastri

Sri Chandrashekhara Sastri belonged to the Hulusukamme (or Ulucukamme) Brahmana subsect hailing from Srinivasapura. He arrived in Mulabagal as the Headmaster of...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Jun 01, 2018

Y K Ramachandra Rao

Y K Ramachandra Rao is one among the people to be remembered from the Parishad’s initial history.[1] He retired as a Railway Chief Engineer. He hailed from Elan...

D V Gundappa