B. M. Srikantaiah
Belluru Mylaraiah Srikantaiah (3 January 1884 – 5 January 1946), was an Indian author, writer and translator of Kannada literature. He was born in Sampige village of Turuvekere Taluk, his mother house and his father is from Bellur of Nagamangala.
Also recorded as Bi. Eṃ. Śrīkaṇṭhayya · Belluru Mylaraiah Srikantaiah
B. M. Srikantaiah
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- Name
- Belluru Mylaraiyya Srikantaiah
- Birthplace
- Turuvekere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
- Place of death
- Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
- Occupation
- Poet, writer
- Movement
- Navodaya
- Born
- 1884 · Sampige.
- Died
- 1946 · Bengaluru.
- Nationality
- British Raj
- Languages
- Kannada
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Key facts
• Name — Belluru Mylaraiyya Srikantaiah • Birthplace — Turuvekere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India • Place of death — Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India • Occupation — Poet, writer • Genre — Fiction • Movement — Navodaya • Relatives — Anasuya Shankar (niece) Aryamba Pattabhi (niece)
Works
Works
• Gadayuddha Natakam (ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧ ನಾಟಕಂ) (play) • Aswatthaaman (ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನ್) (Play) • Honganasugalu (ಹೊಂಗನಸುಗಳು) (Poetry)
Translations
Translations
• English Geetegalu (ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಗೀತೆಗಳು)(English Songs, 1921) • " lead kindly light" • Kural (1940, Bangalore) • Silappatikaram
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Sampige.
Birth place
Bengaluru.
Death place
Prominent Students
• V. Seetharamaiah • K. V. Puttappa
Literary criticism
• Kannadigarige olleya saahitya (Good literature for Kannada People) • Kannada Kaipidi (History of Kannada Literature)
L - R: Standing: 6 from left (Kuvempu), 7 from left (T. N. Srikantaiah) Sitting on Chairs: 3 from left (B. M. Srikantaiah), 4 from left (T. S. Venkannayya)
University of Mysore Official Photographers (1940s)
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