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K. S. Haridasa Bhatta was born on March 17, 1924in Udupi. His father, Shivagopala Bhatta, ran a tea shop in Gadag town. [1]

Education Haridasa Bhatta's early education was in Kadiyali. From there, he completed his secondary education at Udupi Board High School. I couldn't go to college because of poverty. He underwent two-year teacher training in Mangalore and at the same time passed the 'Kannada Jaana' and Hindi examinations. He graduated in Kannada and Sanskrit from the University of Madras. In 1946 he joined the Christian College, Madras as a student of English literature. B.A. in 1949. (Hons) graduated.

Career Haridasa Bhatta was a teacher at Kadiyali Primary School in 1942 before moving to Madras (now Chennai) to study. Haridasa Bhatta, who quit this job for college education, completed his B.A. After graduating, he started his career as a professor of economics at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in 1950. Thousands of students, who were trained under bhatta, who later became the principal of the same college as an economics lecturer in this college, take pride in claiming to be bhatt's students.

Cultural life HaridasaBhatta became the focal point of cultural programmes in Udupi. He built and developed institutions suitable for literature, cultural programmes and research. The Yakshagana Kendra, the R.Govinda Pai Research Centre, the Regional Centre for the Study of Folk Theatre, along with conferences, theatre experiments, etc., were faded away with the help of Haridasa Bhatta. As India's cultural representative, he travelled to Russia, Germany, Britain and the United States to spread Yakshagana art overseas.

Bhatt is credited with introducing the folk art of Karnataka to the world and elevating it to international standards. In 1988-89, an international conference organized in collaboration with the Ford Foundation of the United States attracted the attention of the world.

Literary composition In spite of all these activities, Haridasa Bhatta maintained a multi-faceted personality and was known as a prose writer. His first classical work was The Arthashastra, written by Bhatta in 1950. He has written more than 35 works in all genres such as novels, stories, poetry, history and research. He was the editor of the Tulu Dictionary published in six large volumes.

Works Italia as I saw it Jagadala Once Russia, once Italia Rangayana The Four Great Men of the Present Yugavani The wealth of the sea Times have changed Freedom and Culture Education and the meaning of life Economics The highway to democracy Wealth of Asia Karanth World (edited) Samagra Yakshagana: Heritage and Experiments (Edited) Those who built Kannada The Way to Live (a collection of Alberta Schweitzer's books) Kattangeri Krishna Hebbar Translation Ramanath (source: Premachandra's novel: 'Gaban') Six Stories of America Ghantamara (Source: Italian author: Insatsio Ceylone) Dark in the middle of the day (source: Arthur Kossler) Man the Unknown (source: Alexis Carroll; with Lakshminarayana Acharya) The award K.K. Hebbar's biography written by K.S. Haridasa Bhatta has won the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1988. He was also awarded the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 1985, the Finland Award in 1986 and the prestigious Vishwamanava Puraskar in 1989.

Farewell These great cultural greats left this world on August 20, 2000. The cultural beauty they have left behind is eternal.

References Writer and educationist K.S. Haridasa Bhatta