Shatavadhani Ganesh

Shatavadhani Ganesh

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Shatavadhani Ganesh Profile

  • Name:
  • Shatavadhani Ganesh
  • Born:
  • December 4, 1962
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Kolar

Shatavadhani Ganesh Biography

Shatavadhani Ganesh is an Indian writer who authors books in Sanskrit and Kannada. He is a scholar and polyglot too, and a practitioner of the art of avadhana. Till now he has performed more than 1000 avadhanas, in Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu and Prakrit languages. His extempore composition of poetry for his avadhana performances makes him an extraordinary artist and scholar. He performed the first ever Shatavadhana entirely in Kannada in 2012. He has once composed poetry for long 24 hours continuously making it a record. Government of Karnataka honoured him with Rajyotsava Prashasti in 1992. When he received this award at the age of 29, he was the youngest recipient. He is also a recipient of Rashtriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar and many more honours.

 

Shatavadhani R. Ganesh was born in Kolar on 4 December 1962. R. Shankar Narayan Aiyar and K. V. Alamelamma are his parents. As a child, he learnt major three south Indian languages except Malayalam easily. He also read Sanskrit and Kannada literature at a young age, and started writing poetry at the age of 16. While he was at school, he learnt English and later added several Indian and foreign languages to his memory. He also completed his engineering degree. He also completed his doctorate studies in Kannada literature.

 

Over the years he has authored many books in Sanskrit and Kannada. Some of his published books in Kannada include – Vitaana, Shri Chakreshwari Stavana, Dhoomadhoota, Kusumadevana Drishtantakalikaa Shataka mattu Neelakanthadeekshitana Shaantivilasa, Shaddarshana Sangraha, Neelakanthadeekshitana Shatakatraya, Bharateeya Kshaatra Parampare etc. His Sanskrit books are Anvesanam, Madhusadma : a collection of Sanskrit poems, Srikrishna Lahiri, Antahkantih etc. He is one among the rare writers of 20th century and later, who writes in Sanskrit.

Published: November 27, 2018

Updated: November 27, 2018

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