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| image_caption = Shivarama Karantha Balavana
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location at Puttur
| coordinates = {{coord|12|44|53.52|N|75|12|13.32|E|region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}} 12° 44' 53.52'' N 75° 12' 13.32'' E
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Dakshina Kannada]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 03.01.2002<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Balavana |url=https://kannadasiri.karnataka.gov.in/121/karanthabalavan/kn |website=GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA Official Website}}</ref>
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The '''Shivarama Karantha Balavana''' is notable for its fame under the name of Jnanapeeta awardee [[Shivaram Karanth|Kota Shivarama Karantha]]r,<ref name="auto2">{{cite web
| title = Jnanapeeth Awards
| url = http://ekavi.org/jnanpeeth.htm
| publisher = Ekavi
| access-date = 31 October 2006
| url-status = usurped
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427081930/http://www.ekavi.org/jnanpeeth.htm
| archive-date=27 April 2006}}
</ref> who lived in Puttur. His home now houses a museum, a park, and a recreation center. This a multi-purpose tourist attraction, at [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]], south part of [[Mangalore]] city in [[Karnataka]], under trust managed District Administration of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and Kannada And Culture Department of Karntaka Government.<ref name="auto"/> It is a major tourist attraction of [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]]. It attracts large number of tourists due to the availability of multiple facilities.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Get a glimpse into Karanth's life at Balavana |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/Get-a-glimpse-into-Karanth%E2%80%99s-life-at-Balavana/article17115902.ece |work=The Hindu |date=30 January 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==History==
Balavana was the name Shivarama Karantha gave to the location, which was a nursery where kids could play and eat. Over the course of his more than 40-year residence here, Karanth produced a number of his literary masterpieces, engaged in a number of [[Yakshagana]] projects, and oversaw an experimental school.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="main">{{cite news |title=Balavana, a nursery of ideas |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/9545/balavana-nursery-ideas.html |work=Deccan Herald |date=22 June 2009 |language=en}}</ref> In this location, he lived and wrote frantically, developing and creating and breathing life into unforgettable characters like Choma in Chomana Dudi, Gopalaiah in Bettada Jeeva, or Mookajji of his novel.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |title=Infusing new life into Balavana |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/560160/infusing-life-balavana.html |work=Deccan Herald |date=25 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==Kota Shivaram Karanth==
'''Kota Shivaram Karanth''' (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as '''K. Shivaram Karanth''', was an Indian [[polymath]], who was a novelist in [[Kannada language]], [[playwright]] and an ecological [[conservation movement|conservationist]]. [[Ramachandra Guha]] called him the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020626122257/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/11/26/stories/13260411.htm The Arun Shourie of the left]. Thehindu.com (26 November 2000). Retrieved on 2018-11-15.</ref> He was the third writer<ref name="auto2"/> to be decorated with the [[Jnanpith Award]] for [[Kannada language|Kannada]], the highest literary honor conferred in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings |publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 }}</ref>

==Main Attractions==
The state government created a committee to oversee this bustling cultural, recreational, and educational centre that was once Karanth's residence. Like its creator, it investigates a wide range of topics.<ref name="main"/>

===Art Gallery of Shivarama Karantha===
In order to acquire 55 oil paintings linked to the books authored by Dr. Karanth and preserve them well mounted and protected for public viewing, some 50 artists have stepped forward to discuss the matter among themselves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Balavana |url=https://karanthabalavana.org/en/art-gallery |website=karanthabalavana.org}}</ref>

===Shivarama Karanth's house===
Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth's house is now the museum. Here, the audience can view Karanth's rare photos and the coveted [[Jnanpith Award|Jnanapeeta award]], which is regarded as the highest honour in the world of writing and which Karanth won for his book "Mookajjiya Kanasugalu."{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

===Library===
In close proximity to the museum is the library, including the open hall where Karanth is reported to have done much of his writing via the twisting staircase that is now strengthened. The library offers a good collection in addition to its ancient volumes.<ref name="main"/>

== See also ==
* [[Kadri Park]]
* [[Tagore Park]]
* [[St. Aloysius Chapel]]
* [[Srimanthi Bhai Memorial Government Museum|Bejai Museum]]
* [[Aloyseum]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Mangalore]]
[[Category:Parks in Mangalore]]

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