Mysuru: Dr. Shyla, resource person and Professor at Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), has said that the Vachana ...

but her paternal grandfather was GS Shivarudrappa (GSS), one of only three Kannada poets, and the most recent, after Kuvempu and Govinda Pai, to be honoured with the prestigious title of Rashtrakavi.