Pai-mam served as a volunteer in Rashriya Sevadal and experimented with herbs and crops in his family plantation.
Devanna Pai is survived by his wife, three daughters, and son M. Nityanand Pai.

Mandarke Devanna Pai Picture Album
© Vikas Kamat
Portrait of Mandarke Devanna Pai, Karkala
A Gandhian freedom fighter, Devanna Pai refused Government pensions and returned the honors to protest the misguided development of India
© Vikas Kamat
Mr and Mrs. Mandarke Devanna Pai
Town of Karkala, 2006
