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Pu. Thi. Na.'s works transcend boundaries, says Moily

By Our Staff Correspondent

UDUPI, DEC. 19. The former Chief Minister, M. Veerappa Moily, said here on Sunday that the works of the poet-laureate, Pu. Thi. Na., transcended boundaries and had earned their place in world literature.

He was presiding over the presentation of Pu. Thi. Na. awards as part of the Pu. Thi. Na. birth centenary celebrations organised by the Dr. Pu. Thi. Na. Trust, Bangalore, and the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre.

Mr. Moily said Pu. Thi. Na. and another poet-laureate, Kuvempu, were concerned about people's lack of interest in the essence of beauty. The works of Pu. Thi. Na. were and would be relevant to all times to come. They were lucid and apt in his description of qualities of Rama and Krishna in his works.

The Registrar of the Academy of General Education, K.K. Pai, presented the Pu.Thi.Na. awards to the poets B.R. Lakshman Rao and Vasanth Bannady.

Heranje Krishna Bhat, director of the centre, welcomed the gathering. K.S. Achuthan, secretary of the trust, delivered the introductory remarks. Rama Bhat proposed a vote of thanks. The litterateur, G.S. Shivarudruppa, was present.

Earlier, presiding over the poets' meet, also held as part of the centenary celebrations, G.S. Shivarudrappa said the Navodaya period was the most creative in Kannada literature. Pu. Thi. Na. belonged to this tradition. Though his works were not as popular as that of Kuvempu and Da. Ra. Bendre, he was a poet par excellence.

Though Pu. Thi. Na. appeared to be traditionalist, deep down, he was a modernist. Pu. Thi. Na. was an inquisitive person. He wanted the country to maintain its own identity. Lord Krishna was the deity close to Pu. Thi. Na's heart, Dr. Shivarudrappa said.

The poets Na. Mogasale, Subraya Chokady, H.S. Venkateshmurthy, Jyoti Guruprasad, B.R. Lakshman Rao, Vasanth Bannady, H. Dundiraj, Jayaram Karanth, Ramdas, D.B. Razia and Vaidehi recited poems written by them.

This was followed by a musical rendition of Pu. Thi. Na's poems by Chandrashekshar Kedilaya and party.

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