In addition, other well known kingdoms that patronized Kannadiga poets and Kannada language were:

Category: Kannada poets

With this and his other important work Adipurana he set a trend of poetic excellence for the Kannada poets of the future.

With this and his other important work Adipurana he set a trend of poetic excellence for the Kannada poets of the future.

* List of Kannada language poets

Category: Kannada poets

Category: Kannada poets

This Category page lists all the topics related to the Kannada poets.

He learnt that Vijaya Nagar ruler Sri Krishnadeva Raya was a revered patron for poetry and poets besides being a scholar in Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit languages on par.

Many Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada and Tamil poets enjoyed the patronage of the emperor.

He patronised Kannada poets Mallanarya who wrote Veera-saivamrita, Bhava-chinta-ratna and Satyendra Chola-kathe, Chatu Vittal-anatha who wrote Bhaga-vatha, Timmanna Kavi who wrote a eulogy of his king in Krishna Raya Bharata.

He patronised poets and scholars in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit.

Category: Kannada poets

Category: Kannada poets

Category: Kannada poets

Category: Kannada poets

Category: Kannada poets

Notable modern Kannada poets whose works have been set to music include Kuvempu, D. R. Bendre, Gopalakrishna Adiga, K. S.

Category: Kannada poets

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana () ( Kannada Literature Conference ) is the premier gathering of writers, poets and kannadigas.

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His own writing Kavirajamarga is a landmark literary work in Kannada language and became a guide book for future poets and scholars for centuries to come.

Category: Kannada poets

Works of Kannada literature have received eight Jnanpith awards and fifty-six Sahitya Akademi awards.

The scholar Iravatham Mahadevan proved that Kannada was already a language of rich oral tradition earlier than 3rd century B. C., and based on the native Kannada words found in Prakrit and Sanskrit inscriptions of that period, Kannada must have been spoken by a widespread and stable populations.

The vernacular Prakrit speaking people, may have come in contact with the Kannada speaking ones, thus influencing their language, even before Kannada was used for administrative or liturgical purpose.

These inscriptions have helped modern scholars to understand the nature and development of the Kannada language and its literature.

Halmidi Inscription Replica shows Kannada script which is thought to have emerged from Ashokan Brahmi around 4th or 3rd Century BCE as Proto-Kannada

Sandhi occurs particularly prominently in the phonology of Indian languages ( especially Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam language, Marathi, Bengali and most importantly Sanskrit, which have complex sandhi rules ), hence its name, but many other languages have it.

For example, all songs by Tyagaraja ( who composed in Telugu ) have the word Tyagaraja in them, all songs by Muthuswami Dikshitar ( who composed in Sanskrit ) have the words Guruguha in them ; songs by Syama Sastri ( who composed in Telugu ) have the words Syama Krishna in them ; while Purandaradasa, who composed in Kannada, used the signature Purandara Vittala.

First day they'll start with bursting crackers, followed by lakshmi mahaapooje on amavaasye ( no-moon day ) and then on third day decorating the whole house and especially entrance with flowers and floor decoration to invite bali to their homes ; a special fort-entrance kind of thing is made on the entrances of every home which is made out of cow-dung ( gOmaya ) and sandalwood ( siri-chandana ) which both have a high divine reverence in Kannada tradition.

The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have slightly varying cuisines, which make extensive use of coconut in curries and frequently include seafood.

In the culture of South Asia, hijras (,,,, ) or chhakka in Kannada, khusra in Punjabi and kojja in Telugu are physiological males who have feminine gender identity, women's clothing and other feminine gender roles.

Various districts of Karnataka have mixed variations of dialects like Dharwad Kannada, Sankethi, Naddvara Kannada, Havigannada, Bengaluru Kannada, Are Bhashe, Mysooru Kannada, Kundagannada, etc.

Janapadas of Soliga, Badaga and other tribes of Karnataka having rich contribution to Kannada literature have their own style.

Kannadigas have built powerful empires and kingdoms with Kannada as the official language.

Minor dynasties that have played an important role in the development of Kannada language, culture and polity were, Chutus of Banavasi ( feudatory to Satavahana Empire ), Tuluva Dynasty of Canara, Rattas of Saundatti ( Belgaum ), Guttas of Guttal ( Dharwad region ), Banas of Kolar, Nolambas of Nolambavadi, Vaidumbas, Chengalvas, Kongalvas, Sendrakas of Nagarkhanda ( Banavasi province ), Yalahanka Nadaprabhu, Sindas of Yelburga ( Bijapur-Gulbarga ), Kadambas of Hangal.

In addition to those empires that ruled from the Karnataka region, based on inscriptions and literary evidence historians have discussed the possibility that kingdoms of Kannada origin were established in other parts of India as well.

With an unbroken literary history of over a thousand years, the excellence of Kannada literature continues into the present day: works of Kannada literature have received eight Jnanpith awards and fifty-one Sahitya Akademi awards.

* Neer dosa: prepared from rice, it is unique to Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada and Malenadu regions.

The Siribhoovalaya is a unique work of multi-lingual Kannada literature written by Kumudendu Muni, a Jain monk.

The work is unique in that it employs not alphabets, but is composed entirely in Kannada numerals.

Pampa who popularised Champu style which is unique to Kannada wrote the epic " Vikramarjuna Vijaya ".

* Maddur vade ( Kannada: ಮದ ್ ದ ೂ ರ ು ವಡ ೆ) is a type of onion vada unique to the state of Karnataka.

Yakshagana (/,, ) ( Tulu: / Kannada:, yakṣagāna, ) is a theater form that combines, dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up and stage techniques with a unique style and form.

This change is unique to Kannada in the Dravidian family.