Udupi district in-charge Minister Laxmi R Hebbalkar on November 1, said the district played a key role in building Kannada Nadu wherein veterans, including Benagal Rama Rao, Kota Shivarama Karantha, Panje Mangesh Rao and others struggled for the unification of Karnataka.
Delivering the Rajyotsava address at Udupi, Ms. Hebbalkar noted that the contribution of Udupi to the language and culture of Kannada was immense, with the works of Nandalike Lakshminarayana, Gulvadi Venkata Rao, Late Karantha, Havanje Lakshminarayanappayya, Hattiyangadi Narayana Rao, Airodi Shivaramaiah, Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga, Kadekar Rajagopala Krishna Rao, S.U. Paniyadi, Koradkal Srinivas Rao, Pa Vem Acharya, P. Gururaja Bhat, Matapady Rajagopalacharya and others.
The Minister noted that though Karnataka had plurality geographically, it has remained united emotionally. The name ‘Karnataka’ was given on November 1, 1973 during the regime of the late D. Devaraja Urs as the Chief Minister and since then the language and culture have bonded people emotionally, she added.
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