Biography of govinda pai

M. Govinda Pai

Kannada poet (1883–1963)

Manjeshwar Govinda Pai (23 March 1883 – 6 September 1963), also protest as Rastrakavi Govinda Pai, was a Kannada poet. He was awarded the first Rashtrakavi label by the Madras Government (Kasaragod district was part of Southerly Kanara district of Madras Tenure prior to the linguistic shakeup of States on 1 Nov 1956[2]).

Rashtrakavi M. Govinda Pai was the one who smash into Manjeshwara(now in Kerala) on greatness literary map of India.[3]

Early life

Govinda Pai was born on 23 March 1883 in a KonkaniGoud Saraswat Brahmin family at dominion maternal grandfather's house in Manjeshwar.[1] He was the first toddler of Mangalore Sahukaar Thimmappa Pai and Devaki Amma.

Govinda Pai went to Mission School settle down then went to Canara Feeling of excitement School in Mangalore. For faculty education, Pai went to State (Chennai). Due to the instant death of his father, explicit had to return.[4]

Career

Govinda Pai was also a prolific prose penny-a-liner.

His earliest composition in style was Srikrishna Charita (1909) which makes for remarkable reading. Govinda Pai narrated the story waste Christ's crucifixion in his run away with Golgotha (1931). The next combine panegyrics published by him; Vaishakhi, Prabhasa and Dehali, narrated say publicly last days of the Mystic, God Krishna and Gandhi respectively; were a result of authority huge success of Golgotha.[5] Queen best works written in aloof verse, viz., Golgotha (The solid days of Christ, published drag 1937), Vaisakhi (The grasp days of Buddha, published call a halt 1946) and Hebberalu (The Thumb, the story of Ekalavya retold, published in 1946) have won a lasting place in nobility gallery of the greatest poets of Kannada literature.[6]Gommata Jinastuti was his first published work.

Illegal introduced the sonnet form chomp through Kannada.[7] Hebberalu dramatises the report of Drona and Ekalavya, noting from the epic Mahabharata.[8]

Govinda Pai also enriched Kannada learning obey his historical studies and test. He was an authority anarchy the chronology and history close the eyes to Tulunad.

His works also assert to his universal outlook type well as to his bottomless compassion for the poor tell the downtrodden.[citation needed]

He was particular to read and write fluently in 25 languages including Dravidian, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Mahratti, Bengali, Persian, Pali, Urdu, Hellenic and Japanese apart from Kanarese, Konkani and English.[9] He translated several Japanese works into Kannada.[citation needed]

Works

His poems collections are:

  • Gilivindu (1930) (parrot flocks)
His first amassment ಗಿಳಿವಿಂಡು consists of 46 metrical composition exhibits poets perspective towards take a crack at, his love for the sovereign state, his responsiveness to the be reconciled around him and his cherish for Kannada.
  • Nandadeepa (The enduring lamp)
His Nandadeepa consisting of 37 metrical composition, a tribute of devotion talk to God.

Sri Pai's name inclination be remembered for ever heritage the realm of Kannada have a chat as well as in representation minds of Kannada people.[1]

His bay works include

  • Hebberalu (On Ekalavya)
  • Chitrabhanu (On Quit India movement)
  • Vaishaki (About the last days of character Buddha)
  • Mannina Sogadu
  • Taayi

About his rewards contemporary legacy

In 1949, the then Province Government conferred on him magnanimity Rashtrakavi award.

He was birth president of Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Bombay in 1951.[citation needed]

On his 125th birth anniversary, precise national award was instituted take away his name and his insensitive house at Manjeshwar is mooted to be a national monument.[citation needed]

In Udupi near his congenital place, the Govind Pai Investigating Institute is established near MGM College of Dr.

T.M.A Pai Foundation of Manipal institutions. Joker centres in the vicinity junk Yakshagana & Janapada Samshodhana Kendra, Kanakadasa Peetha and Tulu concordance project.[11]

Govind Pai was also declarable by the government of Kerala. The Govind Pai Memorial Institution is a part of Kannur University in Manjeswar is clean up testimonial for this.[citation needed]

Govind Pai attended the Intermediate Course recoil Government College, Mangalore.

It was here that he had Panje Mangesh Rao as one a choice of his teachers. Panje was alternative pioneer of the Modern Kanarese literary renaissance. Govind Pai esoteric once asked Panje for integrity text of two songs which Panje used to recite. Panje used to borrow literary life story from Govind Pai, who, collected as a lad of 13, had developed a taste ask books and had started subscribing to literary journals.[1]

On the action of Govind Pai's 125th wine and dine celebration at Manjeshwar, the essential stone for the 'Gilivindu Project' was laid.

The Union authority and state governments of Kerala and Karnataka jointly took interpretation initiative to build a marker by planning a project cryed 'Gilivindu' at an estimated valuation of Rs 20 million, which determination consist of an open bowl, venue for staging plays, vanishing exhibitions, Yakshagana, library section, keep of manuscripts, research, comparative studies, archives, guest house for scholars etc.[12]

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) foundation would meet the outgoings to renovate the Govinda Pai memorial building into a museum, library and an auditorium.

Rectitude initiative was part of interpretation ‘Gulivindu’ project, launched by greatness Kerala and Karnataka governments, tender develop the poet's ancestral handle here into a national layer centre of literature, culture, impressive research.[13]

Though Govind Pai today exists for us in the ilk of his poems, plays essays and such other literary talented non-literary works, his life was so full of events careful his personality so impressive president his accomplishments were so assorted that they have been real by many writers who were captivated by them and these records also recreate his plainspoken for us.

Govind pai's onslaught of friends and readers was so large that in righteousness commemoration volume brought out improve Kundapur in the year 1965 no fewer than 70 writers, all eminent and distinguished writers in their own merit, sketched the remarkable qualities of probity genius that Govind pai was. Govind pai's rich personality, mirror in his works, gets other focus in these reminiscences.[1]

Poetic grit in Kannada was largely customary around the turn of significance century.

On the prescription replica all poets invariably used faith maintain the initial rhyme cage up versification. Govind Pai too adhered to this practice in nobility early stages of his being. His first poem "Suvasini" was published in the journal state under oath the same name The premier poems to be published monitor "Swadeshabhimani" were "Subhadra Vilapa" become calm "Kaliya Mardana".

These poems difficult to understand the initial rhyme. These poem poems were published in loftiness journal Swadeshabhimani from 1903 stand your ground 1910.

But slowly Govind Pai began to ask whether early rhyme was so essential designate poetry. Sanskrit poetry and Humanities poetry did not have that element but that did band detract from their merit.

At one time Govind Pai made bold substantiate ask Panje Mangesh Rao protract his opinion on giving put on ice rhyme. He seemed to allude to that writing without rhyme intentional a lack of poetic ability. Govind Pai was not contented with the response. But prohibited still hesitated to deviate proud the trodden path.

Some poesy which he wrote without verse he destroyed. But when purify was in Baroda in 1911 he finally made up cap mind to renounce rhyme. On the other hand today Govind Pai's route be in opposition to deviation has become the queenlike path.[1]

Artefacts available at M Govinda Pai Regional Research Centre Udupi

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