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  2. Mahabali - Wikipedia

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    After many wars, the invincible Bali had conquered heaven and earth. The suras (devas) approached Vishnu to save them from complete obliteration. Vishnu refused to join the devas in violence against Mahabali, because Mahabali is a benevolent king and his own devotee. To restore the natural order, he incarnated as the dwarf Brahmin avatar, Vamana.

  3. Amuktamalyada - Wikipedia

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    Amuktamalyada describes the pain of separation (viraha) experienced by Andal, who is described as the incarnate of Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu. The poem describes Andal's beauty in 30 verses written in the keśādi-pādam style, starting from her hair, going down her body till her feet. [16] [17] [18]

  4. K. S. Narasimhaswamy - Wikipedia

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    Kikkeri Subbarao Narasimhaswamy (26 January 1915 – 27 December 2003) was an Indian poet who wrote in Kannada language.His most popular collection of poems, Mysooru Mallige, has seen more than thirty-two reprints and is sometimes given to newly married couples in Karnataka.

  5. List of Kannada-language poets - Wikipedia

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    Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga

  6. Bhavageete - Wikipedia

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    Most of the poetry sung in this genre pertain to subjects like love, nature and philosophy, and the genre itself is not much different from Ghazals, though ghazals are bound to a peculiar metre. This genre is quite popular in Karnataka and Maharashtra. This genre may be called by different names in other languages.

  7. H. S. Mukthayakka - Wikipedia

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    Her poems have been translated into Spanish, English, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam and various other languages. She was awarded the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry for one of her poetry works. Ghazal, being a rich form in Urdu, was first brought to Kannada form by renowned Kannada poet Late. Shantarasa.

  8. Balipratipada - Wikipedia

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    Balipratipada (Sanskrit: बालि प्रतिपदा, Marathi: बळी-प्रतिपदा or Pāḍvā पाडवा, Kannada: ಬಲಿ ಪಾಡ್ಯಮಿ or Bali Pāḍyami) is a compound word consisting of "Bali" (a mythical daitya king, also known as Mahabali) [14] and "pratipada" (also called padva, means occasion ...

  9. Shatavadhani Ganesh - Wikipedia

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    Ganesh picked up Tamil, Kannada and Telugu from his environment as a child. [11] Also in his childhood, he read Sanskrit and Kannada literature and was writing poetry at the age of sixteen. [11] He learned English at school, and he later learned several other languages like Prakrit, Pali, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Greek, Latin and Italian. [11]