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Kannada Writer Masti

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Kannada Writer Masti
Portrait of Masti Venkatesh Iyengar

Hailed as the father of Kannada short stories, Masti was the recipient of India's highest literary honor, the Jnanapeeth.

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Kannada Writer Goruru Ramaswamy IyengarWhere is my Mohini ?Portrait of Reverend F. KittelCinema Cutouts, BangaloreThe Jog FallsThe Flowers of a Bangalore StreetA Yakshagana Performance in ProgressAn Ancient Kannada InscriptionPrehistoric Cave Illustration from South IndiaAt the Kannada Poets MeetVeerabhadra DancerSculpture of Standing Vishnu
Kannada Poet G.P. RajaratnamKannada Dramatist Adi Rangacharya (Shriranga)Kannada Poet V.G. Bhat G.B. Joshi -- Kannada dramatist/publisherNotice the Kannada Letterings on this 950 A.D. Hero-stone of MulbagalS. L. Bhyrappa, Kannada writer and novelistA Painted Stork near Ranganatittu in KarnatakaPortrait of Puttanna KangalChaduranga -- Kannada Writer and CriticYou are hereThe Nimishamba TempleDollu (drums) Dancer from Shimoga
The Waterfall at ShivasamudraPortrait of S. DiwakarVeerashaiva Girl with Ash on ForeheadWall Painting from Residence of Nellappa, TumkurOriginal Manuscript of Kannada Poet SarvajnaPortrait of V.K. GokakLord Shiva in a ReliefA Faded Fresco of Hiriyur TemplePicture of Harapanahalli BheemavvaA Tribute to Shivaram KaranthKannada Genuis K.V. Puttappa (Kuvempu)T.N. Srikantaih (Tinamshri)
Missionary MonglingKadapa RaghavendrarayaruHuilgol Narayana RaoPoet ShantakaviK. Chengalaraya ReddyMuduvidu KrishnaraoPortrait of M.L. VardhamanaiahVirupaksha NayakHardekar Manjappa (1886-1947)A Conference of Peoples Socialist PartyV. V. PatilN. S. Hardikar (1889-1975)
Freedom Fighter Gangadharrao DeshpandeBhimrao Balaji PotdarSali RamachandrarayaLogo of the Kadamba DynastyAscetic Poet SarvajnaCover of G.P. Rajaratnams BookQueen of Kittur, Chennamma (1778-1829)Deepa Sthambha (light-post) at Sanna Betta, [[Shravanabelagola]]Hinged Horsey (keelu -kudure) Dance on StiltsPu. Ti. NarasimhacharP.V. Acharya (Pavem)Kannada Poet M. Akbar Ali
Those Who Saved KannadaSiddavanahalli Krishna SharmaGovindrao V. ChulakiKrishnakumar KallurN.S. GadagkarSundar NadakarniShankar Mokashi Punekar (1928-2004)Writer S.V. RangannaPrahlad NaregalGourish KaikiniPortrait of M. K. IndiraPanje Mangesh Rao (1874-1937)
Portrait of Gangadhar Chittal (1923-1987)Portrait of Girish KarnadPortrait of Dinakara DesaiProf. Gopalakrishna Adiga Shivaram KaranthYashwant ChittalKeertinath Kurtkoti (1925-2003)Kannada Writer Prabhushankar Kannada Humorist M. Sivaram (Ra.Shi)Ranganath DiwakarA.R. KrishnasastryEminent Lawyer and Writer Hemalata Mahishi
Prof. G. Varadaraja RaoWriter H.K. RanganathH.S.Krishnaswamy IyengarKannada Poet DVGProf. G.S. AmurPortrait of M. Chidananda MurthyProf. M.V. Seetharamiah at his ResidenceKannada Researcher and Writer Sham. Ba. JoshiThe Big Two - Kuvempu and Masti at a function remembering B.M.Srikanthaiah Ha .Ma. Nayak and Gorur Ramaswamy IyengarPortrait of Prof. A. N . Murthy RaoPortrait of M. Govind Pai
Portrait of Prof. A. N. Moorthy RaoPortrait of G. S. ShivarudrappaPortrait of Prof. U.R. AnanthamurthyPortrait of B.M. SrikantaiahPortrait of Prof. V.K. Gokak Kannada Playwright and Publisher G.B. Joshi Portrait of Kannada Researcher S. M. JoshiKannada Poet Su. Ram. EkkundiPortrait of T.P. KailasamPortrait of Mirji AnnarayaPortrait of A. K. RamanujanChannappa Uttangi
Portrait of Kannada Poet K.S. Narasimha SwamyKannada Writer T.N.SrikantaiahKannada Writer B.G.L. SwamyPortrait of Shantadevi KanaviPortrait of H.V. SavithrammaKannada Dramatist SrirangaA Doctor and a WriterProf. B.G.L. SwamyKannada writer Prof. B.G.L. SwamyPortrait of Chandrashekhar KambarD.L. Narasimhachar (1906-1971)Portrait of Poet D.S. Karki
Portrait of Geeta KulkarniK. GopalakrishnarayaKannada Writer Na. DSouzaLalita RamannaPortrait of Mirji AnnarayaProf. M.V. Seetaramiah -- Kannada scholarP. G. HalakattiS.S. MalwadSali Ramachandra RaoWriter and Activist Shanta NagarajShantinath Desai (1929 - 1998)Kannada Scholar T.S. Venkannayya
Writer Poornachandra TejasviVasant Kavali (1932-1988)On the way to Yana, Uttara Kannada

 

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