The first Gnanapith award winner from Kannada Rashtrakavi Kuvempu – KV Puttanna birth anniversary is 29th of December. As a respect to the legendary literary personality Kuvempu the Google gives a right respect today.

Kuvempu and Kannada cinema has a strong bondage. Many of the top works of Kuvempu were utilized in the films. Another Gnanapith award winner Dr Girish Karnad made a film on the novel ‘Kanoor Subbamma Heggadathi’, there are several songs from poems of writer par excellence in films and in the field of light music Kuvempu poems are richly popular even today.

A right respect to deserving personality of Karnataka state from Google. Apparently today is the death anniversary of legendary singer and composer Dr C Ashwath – Ashwathji has popularized so many poems of Kuvempu through his compositions.