December 18, 2018

Dr.Siddayya Puranik

A special cover on Dr.Siddayya Puranik was released at Bangalore on 24th November 2018 to mark his birth centenary.

Dr. Siddayya Puranik (Pen Name - Kavyananda) was born on 18th June 1918 in Karnataka. He was an eminent Kannada writer who has contributed immensely to Kannada literature besides being an outstanding lAS Officer with human touch. He was a scholar in Kannada, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu. He has won many prestigious awards.

Cover Code: KTK/105/2018
Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru.

1 comment:

Vidya / Panchi said...

Happy to see blog about my grandfather. Thank you.