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Brief of D.R. Venkataramanan
D.R. Venkataramanan (21/02/1931 - 28/09/2001) was a Kannada writer, orator and translator. Born in Hanur village, Karnataka, he was a disciple of D.V.Gundappa. D.R.Venkataramanan is most noted for his books Kaggakkondu Kaipidi and Virakta Rashtraka DVG, the life history of D. V. Gundappa.
Early Life
D.R. Venkataramanan (ಡಿ.ಆರ್.ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣನ್), also known by pen names Mani or Revathi, was born on 21st February 1931 in Hanur village to a Telugu speaking Aravelu Bramhin family. His father D.K. Ramachandra Iyer and mother Subbulakshmi. His father was a postmaster, and hence used to get transferred often. So DRV stayed back in Kollegal to continue his studies up to SSLC. Later he joined Mysore Maharaja College and stayed with his uncle and aunt. He joined Saint Joseph's College for BA degree which was under the then Madras University. As he had got double promotion in his primary school, he finished BA degree very early in life. Later, he studied M.A in Economics for two years in the famous Banaras Hindu University. Though he had dreams of pursuing PhD at Harold Laski Institute of Economics or appear for IAS exams, unfortunately both did not materialize. He applied for the Central Government job and was posted in the Accountant General Office, Hyderabad.
In Hyderabad, he had the opportunity to listen to many great singers like Bade Gulam Ali Khan and he also started to read western philosophy. He was a voracious reader. In 1956, he got transferred to Bangalore and had the privilege of meeting the Bheeshmacharya of Kannada literature Dr. D.V. Gundappa. DRV became an active member of the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA, Basavanagudi, Bangalore) founded by DVG. Later he became one of his foremost disciples. Gokhale Institute had a study circle. The study classes were conducted by Dr. DVG for a group of young disciples consisting of DRV, M.V.Rama Chaitanya, B.S.Subbaraya, T.N.Padmanabhan, G.N.Josh, R.V. Prabhakar Rao, K.Srikantiah, Mattur Krishna Murthy, N.S. Subbanna, Padmamma Nittoor, Panduranga Rao, T.L. Rangaswamy and many others.
DRV learnt Sanskrit from the famous Sanskrit scholar Vidwan N.Ranganatha Sharma. He knew Tamil and Telugu also which enabled him to translate works from Telugu and Tamil to Kannada. DRV had many interesting hobbies from childhood like coin collection, stamp collection, newspaper reading,collecting articles featuring Mahatma Gandhi, astronomy and palmistry.
The 90th-year birthday celebration of DRV was held in March 2021 at the Women’s peace league, Bangalore. Commemoration book called “D.R.Venkataramanan tombattaneya varshada smarana sanchike” was released. The book consists of photographs and articles about DRV. The function was attended by Sri.K. Natarajan, grandson of DVG and nephew Sri.Chandramouli.
Marriage and children
DRV got married to Saraswathi on 26th June, 1961. They had two children – Rukmini and Vidyaranya.
Awards
  • Shivarama Karantha award by Siva Rama karantha Pratishthana in 1993
  • Award by Kasargod Kannada Sangha in 2006
  • DVG Prashasthi by DVG Balaga, Mangalore in 2019 given by Samaja sevakara samithi by Ranganatha sharma
  • Smt Saraswathi VenkataRamanan was felicitated by Smt Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhi in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bangalore on November 11,2011 for translation of Mahatma Gandhi’s works in ‘Gandhi kruthi shreni(ಗಾಂಧಿ ಕೃತಿ ಶ್ರೇಣಿ)
Published works
  1. DVG Chitrisiruva Anjaneya Swamy (1981) ( ಡಿವಿಜಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿರುವ ಆಂಜನೇಯ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ)
  2. Bharat Bharti series Dhirer Satyamurti
  3. Jeeva Saarthakya Deepike ( ಜೀವ ಸಾರ್ಥಕ್ಯ ದೀಪಿಕೆ)
  4. Virakta Rashtraka DVG ( ವಿರಕ್ತ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕ ಡಿವಿಜಿ)
  5. Kaggakkondu Kaipidi (2000) ( ಕಗ್ಗಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಕೈಪಿಡಿ)
  6. Marula Muniyana Kaggakke Vivarane ( ಮರುಳ ಮುನಿಯನ ಕಗ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ವಿವರಣೆ)
  7. D.V.Gundappa (award winners series by Navakarnataka)

Recent Books

Advaita Tatva Mattu Anushtana

February(1983)

DVG Awara Raja Kiya Darshana uttanna Kannada monthly February(1983)

Shri Maan D.V.G Avaru Chitrisiruva
Shrimad Anjanaya Swami

February(1983)

DVG Awara Raja Kiya Darshana uttanna Kannada monthly February(1983)

Recent Videos

Parichaya interview

Parichaya interview courtesy UDAYA TV channel

D.V.G Virachita Antahpura Gitegalu - CD

Introduction of Antahpura Gitegalu in Kannada
Parichaya interview

Photos of D R Venkataramanan

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