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A Museum That is a Repository of the Past

February 24, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, All, Traveladmin

Bengaluru :

Is it enough to preserve the past or do we also need to maintain its particularities with informed respect?

Architect and restoration expert H C Thimmaiah, who is part of The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in Bengaluru says, “It is heartening that we are at least talking about Bengaluru’s heritage but we must be careful with how we maintain it. The Government Museum is a beautiful building. The brick red colour of such classical buildings must not be tampered with. The museum has very specific features right from the details on its pillars to its windows that have been maintained well but all old structures require an understanding of historical and architectural context. And sensitivity towards just how they must be painted, how the flooring, ceilings, the facade must be treated.”

Restore with sensitivity

As the debate about the need to retain and maintain heritage structures in Bengaluru warms up, we are told by a source that The Bowring Institute was considering a facelift sometime back. Thankfully, the plan to replace the original flooring with marble was met with some resistance within the circle of influential members who asked for Attangudi tiles or something more contextual considering it is hard today to reproduce the classic mosaic from the past.

Thimmaiah, who built a house in Kodagu with upcycled elements taken from destroyed old homes, is passionate about authenticity and recalls, “A few years ago when Bangalore Club was being repainted, a paint manufacturer scratched the walls to take a sample of the signature greyish blue paint and recreated it for a fresh coat. He later told me that the paint colour would be called Bangalore Club Blue from now on.”

Prominent buildings like the Bangalore Club and the Government Museum may be better off but the architect wishes that INTACH was more active in the city for the sake of other structures. After the death of convener H R Pratibha, INTACH has been keeping a low profile. He says, “Today, bodies like INTACH and The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) must come together to guard even the lesser known aspects of our heritage and not just the showpieces. In Bengaluru, you won’t find even a single space like Mumbai’s Dadabhai Naoroji Road.”

Are private spaces not our heritage?

Architect and urban planner Dyan Belliappa is happy that the city is looking with fresh appreciation at buildings like the Government Museum and says, “The interest in Bengaluru’s public buildings post the Balabrooie Guest House debate is welcome but the city also has a built heritage of private structures some of which were a lot older than the Guest House and have been demolished with nobody even coming to know about them. While we will probably continue to revere a Vidhan Soudha, there are private structures in the Ulsoor area, around Majestic which are going with not one voice raised in protest.”

To the right of the new Airport Road, he shares, there was a fantastic old structure built with stone masonry. He says, “That kind of stone masonry will be hard to find or duplicate and yet it was destroyed. In Begur, there is a temple linked to a lake. The temple may outlast change but will the lake be treated as part of our heritage too? Even the Malleswaram Market is a heritage sprawl but will BBMP treat it as such? One building or two or just a few are not our heritage. Our lakes were our heritage too but they were just treated as water bodies and so many are gone, as are our trees.”

He adds, “Mumbai has a structured approach towards the preservation of spaces. Some private buildings cannot be touched. Others can be modified but with sensitivity. The fact that an independent body like the Bangalore Urban Art Commission was dissolved in 2001 says a lot. Today the BMMP reflects what we value in our city but our heritage was our way of life. How does one codify that or our memories? How does one resist the haste to acquire and sell land and knock off structures because they get in the way of ‘urban development’? Our priorities are misplaced and we need to rethink the meaning of heritage.”

Contextualise the past

Organic architect professor A R Jaisim has the last word, “The Bengaluru Museum is a beautiful building. Attara Kacheri has been beautifully preserved too. Our city’s present must make space for its past because if the past is erased, we will have no memories. Heritage must be contexualised and included in the present because without it, we have no stories to pass on to the next generation.”

Trivia

The Government Museum on Kasturba Road is a reminder of Bengaluru’s colonial heritage. In 1851, after the Madras Government Museum was established, Bengaluru got its own museum in 1865 and is today, the second oldest in South India. E G Balfour, a medical officer of the Madras Army, came to Bengaluru in the 1860s and with his support, the Chief Commissioner of Mysore State, L B Bowring established the Government Museum or the Mysore Government Museum on August 18, 1865. The museum was originally housed at the Cantonment’s jail building but then a site in Cubbon Park was selected. Col R S Sankey, the Chief Engineer of Mysore planned and built the museum in 1878.

Fun facts: The museum was once known as ‘Thamashe Bungalow’. On Mondays, women in purdah visited the museum and men were not allowed.

Collections: The museum has two exhibition floors which are divided into 18 galleries covering sculpture, natural history, geology, art, music and numismatics. It has a collection of archaeological, geological artefacts and artefacts belonging to the Neolithic period.

Timings: 10 am to 5 pm (except on Wednesday when it is closed)

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Reema Moudgil / November 03rd, 2014

Yaduveer Raj Urs adopted as heir of Mysuru Royal Family

February 23, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Leaders, Records, Alladmin

A view at Kalyana Mantapa in Mysuru Palace, where Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs was adopted on Monday. Photo: M.A. Sriram. / The Hindu

Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs has been rechristened to Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar

Twenty two-year-old Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs was, on Monday, formally adopted as the heir to Wadiyar dynasty, the erstwhile rulers of Mysuru.

Yaduveer, grandson of Princess Gayathri Devi, is the eldest daughter of the last Maharaja of Mysuru Sri Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, is pursing his BA at Boston in United States.

He was rechristened Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar at the hour-long adoption ceremony, which began at 1.15 p.m. Yaduveer arrived at the specially erected ‘mantapa’ in the Kalyana Mantapa of the Palace accompanied by his parents Tripura Sundari Devi and Swarup Anand Gopal Raj Urs.

Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs and his family at Mysuru Palace during the adoption ceremony on Monday. Photo: M.A. Sriram. / The Hindu

Yaduveer was wearing a resplendent golden-coloured sherwani and sporting a red coloured turban and a necklace in line with the royal traditions.

A team of priests supervised by Brahmathantra Swatantra Paraka Mutt Swamiji overlooked the adoption rituals conducted by Indrakshi Devi, sister of late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar and monitored by Pramoda Devi Wadiyar.

Ms. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar with the heir of Mysuru royal family, Yaduveer Raj Urs, during the adoption ceremony. Photo: M.A. Sriram. / The Hindu

The adoption ceremony, which was a private affair, was conducted in the presence of the royal family’s friends and relatives.

Apart from Home Minister, K.J. George and Housing Minister, M.H. Ambareesh, a host of senior officials of the district administration including Deputy Commissioner, C. Shikha and City Police Commissioner, M.A. Saleem attended the adoption ceremony.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by Shankar Bennur / Mysuru – February 23rd, 2015

State Central Library, 100 years and counting

February 20, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

The State Central Library, one of the oldest and largest libraries in the country, is all set to celebrate its centenary this year.

The government plans to use this occasion to give a fillip to all State libraries. It also plans to construct a library on the lines of the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai.

After meeting 40 writers and academicians from across the State on Thursday, Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnakar said the government plans to launch a movement to promote libraries and inculcate the habit of reading among children. “Various writers and academicians from every district took part in the meeting on Thursday to discuss the campaign that will begin in May or June,” Mr. Ratnakar said.

Some of the prominent personalities who attended the meeting were Kannada filmmaker Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, journalist Ravindra Reshme, and politician and writer B.T. Lalitha Naik.

Satish Kumar S. Hosamani, Director, Department of Public Libraries, said the department would send a proposal to the BBMP and BDA to construct a centenary library building.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Tanu Kulkarni / Bengaluru – February 20th, 2015

WKC strives to safeguard Konkani heritage

February 17, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

Mangaluru :

Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation took the first step towards safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Konkani by organizing a national workshop at the World Konkani Centre (WKC) on Sunday.

Shubha Chaudhuri, associate director general, American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi, told TOI that dealing with intangible cultural heritage of any community is a big challenge. “No one can fully finish the process of documenting it,” she said, adding the first step in that direction should be making an inventory of what needs to be documented by consulting various stakeholders. “Community participation holds the key in this direction,” she said.

Explaining reasons for this approach supported by Unesco, which adopted ICH convention at its 32nd session in Paris from September 29 to October 17, 2003, Chaudhuri said, “There is no point in reviving the old. The focus is now on trying to promote existing cultural heritage and how best to stop them from going extinct,” she said.

It is always easy to document the tangible heritage of a community in terms of its buildings and other assets. But there are many communities in faraway islands tucked away in remote corners of the world, which have their own rich oral tradition.

Chaudhuri, who has worked in this area in Nepal, said: “If communities sans tangible assets have healthy transmission of their intangible oral tradition, that should suffice rather than worry about traditions dying,” she said.

Shigeru Aoyagi, director and Unesco representative to Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, said, “Safeguarding intangible heritage requires far more complex exercise than preserving a monument, because its survival depends on human factors,” he said.

He pointed out that the latest technologies cannot help much because intangible heritage by nature has to be safeguarded alive, and cannot be recorded or conserved as museum piece out of its social context. “What sustains intangible heritage is nothing but existence of a group of people – practitioners, scholars and public alike – who continue loving and giving sense to the tradition and perhaps this is the ultimate key to safeguarding intangible heritage,” he said.

Kiran Budkuley, HOD of English, Goa University, said, “We will be more than willing to share our experience with the World Konkani Centre to safeguard Konkani’s intangible cultural heritage,” she said. Goa University could moot signing MoU with the Centre if needed to formalize the same, she added.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangaluru / TNN / February 09th, 2015

13th century memorials discovered at Kollur

February 11, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

A typical hero stone has been discovered 5 km from Kollur Mookambika Temple by Murlidhar Hegde, a junior engineer of the temple. This discovery is significant for the cultural history and antiquity of Kollur, said professor T Murugeshi, an archaeologist and associate professor in Ancient History and Archaeology, M S R S College, Shirva in Udupi district. Kollur Mookambika temple, 135 kms from Mangaluru, is an important pilgrim centre. Goddess Mookambika is in the form of Jyotir Linga here, incorporating both Shiva and Shakthi.

Murugeshi says erecting memorial stones in honour of the deceased was an ancient practice in India. Menhirs were erected in the megalithic period in honour of the dead and different types of memorial stones such as hero stones and sati stones were raised in different forms and styles. It was also introduced in coastal Karnataka where it is found in different styles and forms. The hero stone is divided into five strips with bottom three depicting war scenes. The fourth shows four dead warriors sitting with palms joined over their heads in salutation. The fifth has carved figures of four dead persons seated on either side of a royal figure, seated in a heroic posture. This is a distinct feature of this hero stone. In medieval hero stones the deceased are generally depicted sitting near god.

“The hero stone under study was prepared in the style and form of medieval ones. It is datable to the 13th-14th century AD. The temple’s history dates back to 17th century to the Keladi kings. But there is a belief that Shankaracharya established the temple in the 8th century. There is no historical evidence of the period between 8th and 17th centuries, and hence, this Hoysala-style discovery is crucial,” said Murugeshi.

source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / BangaloreMirror / Home> News> State / by Deepthi Sanjiv, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / February 11th, 2015

Bringing back colonial grandeur of Fort High School building

February 10, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

The Fort High School at Chamarajpet in Bengaluru was built in 1907. File Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

INTACH has taken up the structure for preliminary assessment to suggest areas that need restoration

The 108-year-old Fort High School building in Chamarajpet has braved the vagaries of time. The school that was built in 1907 has also witnessed several students graduate from its portals, right from freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy and political statesman V.S. Krishna Iyer to the former cricketer G.R. Vishwanath.

However, the old building is crying for attention. The clay-tiled roof needs urgent replacement, while the walls are damp due to leakages. The steel and wooden trusses in the building need to be treated, the walls need plastering, and flooring and wooden staircase need work. Even the stucco work on the walls look damaged.

The structure has now been taken up for preliminary assessment by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), which will suggest areas that need restoration so as to bring back its colonial grandeur. “We will share our study with the Department of Public Instruction and anyone who is interested in taking up the restoration,” said Meera Iyer, co-convener of INTACH.

There are thousands of such old buildings in the city that can be preserved for value of antiquity. “As per INTACH’s listing, Ulsoor alone has nearly 90 heritage buildings,” she said.

The buildings in INTACH listing are grouped into various categories and grades, as per international standards. This helps identify the heritage potential of the buildings. Some of the buildings that have a public connect are assessed in depth by restoration experts and conservation architects to establish their social relevance.

“Recently, INTACH took up a study in Lalbagh to advice the Department of Horticulture for the restoration of three buildings — Library Building, Krumbigal Hall and Old Aquarium,” Ms. Iyer said.

It is the cost-factor that plays the spoilsport in the restoration of heritage structures, she said, and added that to bring back the bygone glory of a building, one requires not just “a feel for the old”, but also flair to identify the techniques required for restoration.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Ranjani Govind / Bengaluru – February 09th, 2015

Bicentennial celebrations of arrival of Rev. John Hands to be marked

February 4, 2015Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, All, World Opinionadmin

The contributions of Rev. John Hands, a lesser-known missionary who spent more than three decades in Ballari towards popularising Kannada and establishing Kannada medium schools, much earlier to Rev. Fernand Kittel, is being recalled by celebrating bicentennial celebrations of his arrival here way back in 1810.

John Hands has many firsts to his credit. He was the first Protestant missionary to be sent by the London Missionary Society to come over here on May 5, 1810, with a view of establishing a Canarese (Kannada) Mission. He commenced the study of the ‘Canarese’ language. On realising that it was difficult for him to study without a dictionary or grammar book, he laid emphasis on preparing a lexicon from English to Kannada and vice-versa, as well as studying Kannada grammar.

In 1811, he established a Kannada-medium residential school in Fort area of the city, and an English-medium school for the children of the British. He was also instrumental in setting up a school for girls in Fort area.

Rev. Hands was also the first to translate the Bible in Kannada.

In recognition of his pro-academic activities, the East India Company allotted ‘Neelamma Garden’ to him in Brucepet, which came to be known as mission garden, where Rev. Hands established a Kannada school, a church, a Kannada printing press (the first to be established).

In 1844, the first Kannada news paper ‘Samachar’ was printed at the Ballari Mission Press. Several Kannada books, including Bible, were also published from here.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Ballari – February 04th, 2015

For the first time, a priest from coastal region is canonized

January 27, 2015Amazing Feats, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Leaders, Records, All, Travel, World Opinionadmin

Mangaluru :

Most Rev Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bengaluru diocese, said let the shrine of Blessed Joseph Vaz satiate the spiritual hunger of those who approach in need of strength.

The Archbishop on Friday unveiled the statue of St Joseph Vaz to mark the end of the three-day celebration of the canonization of the saint at the Miracle Hill shrine. The Archbishop also launched a free meal programme for devotees by pouring rice into a pot. The shrine will provide free meals once a week to devotees on Friday.

The celebrations were a bit dampened after chief minister Siddaramaiah and his cabinet colleagues missed the event due to state mourning announced in the wake of the death of former governor Rameshwar Thakur on Thursday.

This is the first time a priest from the coastal region has been elevated to sainthood.

The statue of Blessed Joseph Vaz was brought to the shrine in a procession from Panir to Mudipu in a decorated vehicle on January 9, in the run-up to the event. Pope Francis on January 14 raised Blessed Joseph Vaz, who performed miracles on the hill of Mudipu, to the altar of sainthood in Sri Lanka.

Earlier during the mass, Mangaluru Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Msgr Denis Moras Prabhu, PRO Fr William Menezes, and others took part. In his homily, Moras said Blessed Vaz brought more people near God with his work and dedication. Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza said apart from his missionary work, his service to society in helping the needy was exemplary.

Who’s the saint:

Joseph Vaz was born on April 21, 1651, in Benaulim, Goa. He was the third son of Christopher Vaz and Miranda. He became a priest in 1676 and served in different parishes of Goa till 1681. Later, he was sent to Canara. Fr Joseph Vaz travelled from Goa barefoot. He served in Honnavar, Basrur, Kundapur, Gangolli, Mulki, Mangaluru and Panir. He was miraculously saved from an attempt on his life in 1684 while serving as the parish priest of Panir Church.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangaluru / TNN / January 17th, 2015

Buddhism Incorporates Human Values: CM

January 11, 2015Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

First Karnataka State Buddhist Convention held at Ch’ Nagar

Chamarajanagar :

“Buddhism incorporates freedom, equality, brotherhood and human values,” opined Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. He was speaking after inaugurating the first Karnataka State Buddhist Convention jointly organised by Bharatiya Bouddha Mahasabha and International Buddhist Monks Charitable Trust at Jyothigowdanapura in the taluk yesterday.

Stating that the humane values propounded in Buddhism can be an answer to terrorism, naxalism etc., the CM observed that peace cannot exist in the absence of equality in society.

Pointing out that Buddhism was one of the oldest religions, Siddharamaiah said that this religion does not give way for any superstitious beliefs or practices and called upon everyone to shun violence and hatred.

Declaring that the State government would grant Rs.10 crore for the construction of Nalanda Buddhist University at Jyothigowdanapura, the CM also promised 50 acres of land for the proposed Varsity. Stating that he was against declaring holidays to mark the birth anniversaries of social reformers, Siddharamaiah said that as such, the State government will not declare a holiday on account of Buddha Poornima.

MP and Congress party leader in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjuna Kharge, said that the Constitution has given rights for citizens to follow the religion of their choice. However, cases of forceful re-conversion in the country are on the rise, he lamented.

He also said that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar embraced Buddhism out of self respect.

Lamenting the lack of unity among Dalit community members, Kharge called upon each community member to get educated.

Bodhidatta Bantheji of Nalanda Buddha Vihara, Banthe Manorakkhita, Banthe Viriyasheela and Banthe Varajyothi graced the occasion. Revenue Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad presided. PWD Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa released a book titled ‘Dharmapatha’ on the occasion.

Co-operation Minister H.S. Mahadev Prasad, Social Welfare Minister H. Anjaneya, MP R. Dhruvanarayan, former MP M. Shivanna, former Ministers Motamma and Narendra Swamy, MLAs Puttarangashetty and Chikkamadu, MLC D.S. Veeraiah, former MLAs A.R. Krishnamurthy and S. Balaraj, MUDA Chairman K.R. Mohan Kumar, Poet Moodnakoodu Chinnaswamy, former Mysuru Mayor Purushottam, Chamarajanagar Municipal President Nanjundaswamy and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Monday , January 05th, 2015

Multi-Faceted artist Late M. Veerappa

December 28, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Leaders, Records, All, World Opinionadmin

The Saga of Mysuru Toys across the Globe

Down The Memory Lane

by K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity

This is a fascinating story which comes back to my memory where a grandfather starts manufacturing wooden toys for tiny-tots and school children of Mysuru way back in 1930s and his grandson carrying them later across the global market for the children of various other countries.

The other day, my long time friend V. Praphulla Chandra sent me a book on his father M. Veerappa in Kannada published by JSS Granthamala and released by Suttur Swamiji recently (author: L. Shivalingappa). Though this small book attaches importance by terming Veerappa as ‘Founding Father of Painting Vachanas’ (which depicts the gist of a Vachana) with many of his such paintings in print, it narrates his multifaceted art life which mainly includes wood-based handicrafts. Veerappa had also served as Assistant Superintendent of Chamarajendra Technical Institute (CTI), being an old student of the Institute in 1918-20.

An artist-turned-craftsman: Though Veerappa started his career as an artist after doing his Master’s at JJ School of Art in Bombay, by opening Bombay Art Studio in Mysuru, an opportunity given by Charles Tod Hunter (British), who was Personal Secretary to Krishnaraja Wadiyar, turns him manufacturing educational and play toys for children in 1930s. Charles also used to carry a few toys as gift to children in his country when he would visit during Christmas. Dewan Sir Mirza Ismail also had appreciated these toys, suggesting some modifications.

I remember to have seen him in his small toy shop opened in the first floor of a building (above R. Krishnaswamy Stationery Stores) by the side of Chamundeshwari Talkies on Sayyaji Rao Road.

Encouragement by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: The turning point, perhaps, was in 1959 when Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, the then Chairman of All India Handicrafts Board, visited his Mysuru Toys Company in V.V. Mohalla. Impressed with the works of Veerappa, the Board encouraged its further growth.

By then, the Government of India had already sponsored Veerappa for a training in lacquer art and art of packing in Japan. The letters he wrote to his son late V. Gowrishankar, describing vividly his experience starting from his ship journey from Calcutta Port to Tokyo and the dedication of Japanese to their work and way of life was published later as a book titled ‘Sayonara Japan’ (so popular, it found three editions— 1959, 64, and 69).

Mysuru Toys Factory on Nanjangud Road: The Mysuru Toys Company founded by Veerappa in 1935 with production centre on Kalidasa Road in V.V. Mohalla, grew over the years as his son V. Praphulla Chandra and grandson Satish P. Chandra, a Master’s Degree holder in Business Management from Princeton, USA, established a factory in eighties on Nanjangud Road near Kadakola, extending its wing to manufacturing houseware products along with wooden toys, exporting them abroad. Now the factory is closed.

UNICEF for toys and IKEA for housewares: Having found Mysuru Toys conform to the International Safety Standards, UNICEF wanted them to be supplied globally for children. Similarly, the popular housewares company of Sweden, IKEA started purchasing home furnishing commodities to be sold in their outlets. I was pleasantly surprised to come across Mysuru Toys in a store in Canada where my son lives (Burlington, Ontario) during one of my visits.

Best Export Award: Satish Chandra got the Best Export award three times given by All India Toys Manufacturing Association besides being selected for a foreign trade in wooden toys to North America and Europe. He has now settled in Bengaluru and owns Global Tech Park (P) Ltd.

Endowment in memory of Veerappa: V. Praphulla Chandra’s family have recently established an Endowment in the name of M. Veerappa at JSS Mahavidyapeetha, to honour an outstanding artist every year — one year under fine arts and another year under handicrafts alternatively — calling it ‘Artist M. Veerappa Award’ with a cash prize of Rs. 68,000 (Veerappa lived for 68 years).

The adage ‘Artist is mortal but art is immortal’ applies to the art of Veerappa, who had attained the single-mindedness and concentration as an artist par excellence. One can find his paintings in the State Archaeology Museum in Wellington Lodge, ‘Chitralaya,’ a private gallery, his earliest residence now renovated on 6th Main, 6th Cross, V.V. Mohalla where his another grandson Gowrishankar Sanjay lives. Another grandson, Santosh Shivanna is running a showroom called ‘Woodlife’ nearby on Adipampa Road, where adjoining Veerappa’s another son, my friend M.V. Subramanya (formerly of Perfect Industries, Printing Division) lives.

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source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / Monday , December 22nd, 2014

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