Articles by Vishaal Bhat

There are many poets in the subsequent 11th and 12th centuries who have written works in Old Kannada or Hale Kannada emulating the example of Pampa. Chavundaraya, Nagavarma I, Durgasimha, Shantinatha, Nagachandhra, Nayasena, and Brahmashiva

Pampa enjoys the eminence of being the ‘Adi Kavi’ of Kannada literature. He is the first Kannada poet. His is the oldest Kannada work or the first Kannada work available in Kannada literature. This does

It is necessary to know the growth of Kannada literature after understanding its various stages of progress. Hundreds of literary men have contributed to Kannada literature during its 1500-year-old tradition. Some of them have made

Kannada literature of the period from the 12th to 15th centuries may be considered as the era of “Veerashaiva” literature. The subsequent period from the 15th to 19th centuries is considered the era of “Brahmin”

Old Kannada literature, which developed continuously until the middle of the 12th century, began to enter the second phase after that. Old Kannada, which had flourished under the influence of Sanskrit, introduced a new phase.

Kannada is one of the ancient Indian languages.  Old Kannada can be traced to the oldest 5th-century inscription of Halmidi and the earliest 9th-century literary works, “Kavirajamarga” and “Vaddaradhane.” There is no doubt that Kannada