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Kittur Chennamma

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Kittur Chennamma
Queen of Kittur, Chennamma (1778-1829)

Detail from a postal stamp issued in 1977

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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 CriticPortrait of Masti Venkatesh IyengarThe 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 BookYou are hereHinged Horsey (keelu -kudure) Dance on StiltsPu. Ti. NarasimhacharP.V. Acharya (Pavem)Kannada Poet M. Akbar AliThose Who Saved Kannada
Siddavanahalli 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 Rao
Writer 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 Rao
Portrait 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 UttangiPortrait of Kannada Poet K.S. Narasimha Swamy
Kannada 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. KarkiPortrait of Geeta Kulkarni
K. GopalakrishnarayaLalita 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. VenkannayyaWriter Poornachandra TejasviVasant Kavali (1932-1988)

 

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