P. T. Narasimhachar: Difference between revisions

General
What links here Related changes Permanent link Page information Get shortened URL Edit interlanguage links
Print/export
Download as PDF Printable version
Created by Vijethnbharadwaj
Last edited February 5, 2026
Talk
VisualWikitext
->Vijethnbharadwaj
Updated info
 
adjust structure further and fixed typos based on references
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Short description|Indian writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
|name        = P. T. Narasimhachar (Pu Ti Na)
|name        = P. T. Narasimhachar (Pu Ti Na)
Line 6: Line 7:
|pseudonym  = Pu Ti Na (ಪು ತಿ ನ)
|pseudonym  = Pu Ti Na (ಪು ತಿ ನ)
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1905|03|17|df=y}}
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1905|03|17|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Melukote]], [[Pandavapura|Pandavapura taluk]], [[Mysore district]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]] (now [[Mandya district]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
|birth_place = [[Melukote]], [[Pandavapura|Pandavapura taluk]], [[Mysore district]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]] (now [[Mandya district]], Karnataka, India)
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1998|10|13|1905|03|17|df=y}}
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1998|10|23|1905|03|17|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka
|death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka
|occupation  = Writer, poet
|occupation  = Writer, poet
|nationality = [[India]]
|nationality = Indian
|period      =  
|period      =  
|genre      = Fiction
|genre      = Fiction
Line 20: Line 21:
}}
}}


'''Purohita Thirunarayana Narasimhachar''' (17 March 1905 – 23 October 1998), commonly known as '''PuTiNa''', was a playwright and poet in the [[Kannada language]]. Along with, [[Kuvempu]] and [[D. R. Bendre]], he forms the well-known trio of Kannada Navodaya poets.<ref name="bk1">K. M. George (1992), p642</ref> He was a [[Sahitya Akademi]] fellow and the winner of the [[Pampa Award]], awarded by the [[Government of Karnataka]] in 1991.<ref name="bk2">P. T. Narasimhachar (2001), Back cover</ref>
'''Purohita Thirunarayanaiyengar Narasimhachar''' (17 March 1905 &ndash; 23 October 1998), commonly known as '''PuTiNa''', was a playwright and poet in the [[Kannada language]]. Along with, [[Kuvempu]] and [[D. R. Bendre]], he forms the well-known trio of Kannada [[Modern Kannada literature#Navodaya|Navodaya]] poets.<ref name="bk1">K. M. George (1992), p642</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a [[Sahitya Akademi]] fellow and the winner of the [[Pampa Award]], awarded by the [[Government of Karnataka]] in 1991.<ref name="bk2">P. T. Narasimhachar (2001), Back cover</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Narasimhachar was born on 17 March 1905 into an orthodox [[Iyengar]] family in the town of [[Melkote]] in [[Mandya district]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="web">{{cite web|url=http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/literature/articles/2004/170304putina.html|title=Birth centenary of PuTiNa|work=ThatsKannada.com}}</ref>
Narasimhachar was born on 17 March 1905 into an orthodox [[Iyengar]] family in the town of [[Melkote]] in [[Mandya district]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="web">{{cite web|url=http://kannada.oneindia.com/literature/articles/2004/170304putina.html|title=Birth centenary of PuTiNa|work=ThatsKannada.com|access-date=21 March 2009|archive-date=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929162713/http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/literature/articles/2004/170304putina.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Apart from being a writer, PuTiNa also worked in the army of [[Mysore state]] and later in the legislature of the Government of Mysore state.<ref name="web1">{{cite web|url=http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2000/06/14/putinahouse.html|title=House of PuTiNa at Melkote is a cultural icon|work=ThatsKannada.com|access-date=21 March 2009}}</ref> He died on 23 October 1998.{{Citation needed|date= May 2018}}
Apart from being a writer, PuTiNa also worked in the army of [[Mysore state]] and later in the legislature of the Government of Mysore state.<ref name="web1">{{cite web|url=https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/2000/06/14/putinahouse.html|title=House of PuTiNa at Melkote is a cultural icon|work=ThatsKannada.com|access-date=21 March 2009|archive-date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720192808/http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2000/06/14/putinahouse.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He died on 13 October 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=Narasiṃhācār, Pu. Ti., 1905-1998 - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82028432.html |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref>


==Literary contributions==
==Literary contributions==
Line 33: Line 34:
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kannada|Kendra Sahitya Academy Award]] in 1966 for his work "Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Roopakagalu"  
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kannada|Kendra Sahitya Academy Award]] in 1966 for his work "Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Roopakagalu"  
* [[Pampa Award|Pampa Prashasthi]] in 1991 from [[Karnataka Government]]{{Sfn|Chari|1994|p=36}}
* [[Pampa Award|Pampa Prashasthi]] in 1991 from [[Karnataka Government]]{{Sfn|Chari|1994|p=36}}
* [[Padma Shri]] from the Government of India, 1991<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Padma Shri]] from the Government of India, 1991<ref name="Padma Awards"/>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
Line 59: Line 60:
* ''Vikatakavi''
* ''Vikatakavi''
* ''Ramapatabisheka''
* ''Ramapatabisheka''
* ''Deepalakshmi''
* ''Harinabhisarana''


===Collection of stories===
===Collection of stories===
Line 72: Line 75:
==References==
==References==


{{col-begin}}
*{{cite book |author=K. M. George|title= Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|orig-year=1992|year= 1992|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn= 978-81-7201-324-0}}
*{{cite book |author=K. M. George|title= Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|orig-year=1992|year= 1992|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn= 978-81-7201-324-0}}
*{{cite book |author=P. T. Narasimhachar|title=Hill Temple|orig-year=2001|year= 2001|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn= 978-81-260-0814-8}}
*{{cite book |author=P. T. Narasimhachar|title=Hill Temple|orig-year=2001|year= 2001|publisher= Sahitya Akademi|isbn= 978-81-260-0814-8}}
*{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2|author=Amaresh Datta|year=1988|pages=1142|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|isbn=81-260-1194-7}}
*{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2|author=Amaresh Datta|year=1988|pages=1142|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|isbn=81-260-1194-7}}
*{{cite book|title = A History of Indian Literature| author = Sisir Kumar Das, various | publisher = Sahitya Akademi | year = 1995 | isbn = 81-7201-798-7}}
*{{cite book|title = A History of Indian Literature| author = Sisir Kumar Das, various | publisher = Sahitya Akademi | year = 1995 | isbn = 81-7201-798-7}}
{{col-end}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jw30edUn0 Documentary] by Chadrashekhar Kambar
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jw30edUn0 Documentary] by Chadrashekhar Kambar
== See also ==
[[Kuvempu]]
[[D. R. Bendre|Da Ra Bendre]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://thatskannada.indiainfo.com/sahitya/nri1/putina1.html An essay of PuTiNa's poetry]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://thatskannada.indiainfo.com/sahitya/nri1/putina1.html An essay of PuTiNa's poetry]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.sooryadance.com/html/call_of_flute/call_of_flute.htm A dance production based on PuTiNa's poetry]
*[http://www.sooryadance.com/html/call_of_flute/call_of_flute.htm A dance production based on PuTiNa's poetry]
 
*ಪು.ತಿ.ನ ವಿರಚಿತ "ಹರಿಣಾಭಿಸರಣ"- ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOnQ5ImWbY]
{{SahityaAkademiFellowship}}
{{SahityaAkademiFellowship}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}
Line 101: Line 107:
[[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

Latest revision as of 02:51, 5 February 2026

P. T. Narasimhachar (Pu Ti Na)
Born(1905-03-17)17 March 1905
Melukote, Pandavapura taluk, Mysore district, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now Mandya district, Karnataka, India)
Died23 October 1998(1998-10-23) (aged 93)
Bangalore, Karnataka
Pen namePu Ti Na (ಪು ತಿ ನ)
OccupationWriter, poet
NationalityIndian
GenreFiction
Literary movementKannada: Navodaya

Purohita Thirunarayanaiyengar Narasimhachar (17 March 1905 – 23 October 1998), commonly known as PuTiNa, was a playwright and poet in the Kannada language. Along with, Kuvempu and D. R. Bendre, he forms the well-known trio of Kannada Navodaya poets.[1] He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1991.[2] He was a Sahitya Akademi fellow and the winner of the Pampa Award, awarded by the Government of Karnataka in 1991.[3]

Life and career[edit | edit source]

Narasimhachar was born on 17 March 1905 into an orthodox Iyengar family in the town of Melkote in Mandya district of Karnataka.[4]

Apart from being a writer, PuTiNa also worked in the army of Mysore state and later in the legislature of the Government of Mysore state.[5] He died on 13 October 1998.[6]

Literary contributions[edit | edit source]

PuTiNa was one of the catalysts of the Navodaya style of Kannada literature. According to Lakshminarayana Bhat, "At a broader level, the growth of the Navodaya style of literature resembles the growth of the writings of PuTiNa".[7] In his first collection of poems Hanathe, he conveys profound insights into significant moments in life by using a simple language and style. Many of PuTiNa's writings detail the beauty and majesty of nature, bordering on the spiritual.[8] Two of his well-known writings are Ahalye, which subtly narrates the conflict between kama and dharma, and Gokula Nirgamana, which narrates the departure of Krishna from Gokula.[9] PuTiNa's essays reflect his dominant poetic personality.[10]

Awards and recognitions[edit | edit source]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Collection of poems[edit | edit source]

  • Hanate
  • Mandaliru
  • Sharadayaamini
  • Hrudaya vihari
  • Ganesha darshana
  • Rasa Sarasvati
  • Maley Degula
  • Irula Meragu
  • Haley Chiguru – Hosa Beru
  • Raaga raagini
  • honala haadu

Musical dramas[edit | edit source]

  • Vasanta Chandana
  • Seeta Kalyana
  • Ahalye
  • Gokula Nirgamana
  • Shabari
  • Doniya Binada
  • Vikatakavi
  • Ramapatabisheka
  • Deepalakshmi
  • Harinabhisarana

Collection of stories[edit | edit source]

  • Ramachariya Nenapu
  • Rathasaptami and other stories
  • Sri Rama Pattabhiskekham
  • Hamsa Damayanti
  • Eechalu marad kelage

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ K. M. George (1992), p642
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ↑ P. T. Narasimhachar (2001), Back cover
  4. ↑ "Birth centenary of PuTiNa". ThatsKannada.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "House of PuTiNa at Melkote is a cultural icon". ThatsKannada.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  6. ↑ "Narasiṃhācār, Pu. Ti., 1905-1998 - Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "An analysis of Pu. Ti. Narasimhachar's work". OurKarnataka.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  8. ↑ K. M. George (1992), p174
  9. ↑ Sisir Kumar Das (1995), p766
  10. ↑ Amaresh Datta (1988), p1220
  11. ↑ Chari 1994, p. 36.

References[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Kuvempu

Da Ra Bendre

External links[edit | edit source]

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=P._T._Narasimhachar&oldid=468572"
Discover more