G. P. Rajarathnam

G. P. Rajarathnam (1909–1979),[2] known by his pen name as Bhramara (meaning:Bee),[3] was a Kannada author, lyricist and poet in Karnataka, India.[4][5][6] Rajarathnam was well known for composing children poems. Nissar Ahmed, once quoted as "he understood the minds of children, and their need. Some of his works have remained a challenge for translators even today".[7][8][9][10]

G. P. Rajarathnam
Born	1909 Gundlupet, Chamrajnagar, Karnataka, India
Died	1979 (aged 70)
Pen name	Bhramara
Occupation	Story writer, lyricist, author, poet, translator, editor
Language	Kannada, Pali, Prakrit, English
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Master of Arts
Genre	Children's literature, Biography criticism, interpretation, fiction, prayers and devotions, poetry
Notable works	Rathnana Padagalu, Nagana Padagalu
Spouse	Lalithamma, Seethamma
Relatives	Sridhar (son)Shaila Sridhar Rajarathnam (daughter-in-law)Srimathi Sampathkumar (daughter) and Srilata Vijayakumar (daughter)[1]

Rajarathnam wrote on Buddhism, Jainism and Islam. A road has been named after him in Bengaluru, of the state.[11][12]

Personal life

Rajarathnam was born in 1909, in Gundlupet, Chamrajnagar, Karnataka. His ancestors belonged to Tirukkanapur agrahara of Tamil Nadu's Naga city. They migrated to Mysore, Karnataka in 1906. Rajarathnam's wives were Lalithamma and Seethamma.[13]

Career

Rajarathnam[14] wrote 230 works in 338 publications[15] including books such as Rathnana Padagalu (Meaning: Ratna's words)[16] and Nagana Padagalu (Meaning: Naga's words),[17] and children's poems such as Nayi Mari Nayi Mari (Meaning: Puppy dog, puppy dog), Bannadha Thagadina Thuthoori (Meaning: Colorful metalfoil trumpet) and Ondhu-Yeardu (Meaning: One-Two). His works were known to be a confluence of all religions.[18][19][20][21][22] He was the teacher of Kannada poet Dr.Shivarudrappa.[23]

Bibliography

"Put me in hell, slit my tongue, stitch up my mouth, I’ll still sing kannada songs through my nose,"

—G.P. Rajaratnam, on his love of singing in mother tongue, as quoted in The Hindu[24]

Book	Year	Publisher	Ref
Sūryamitra modalāda Jainara kategaḷu (Meaning: Sun's friend included Jain stories)	1975	Sapna book house, Bengaluru	[25]
Hattu varuṣa (Meaning: Ten years)	1939	Manōhara Grantha Prakāśana Samiti Dhāravāḍa	[26]
Namma Oḍeyara kathegaḷu (Meaning: Our boss's stories)	1974	Sṭyāṇḍarḍ Book Ḍipō Bengaluru	[27]
Cakravarti vajra (Meaning: Cakravarthi's diamond)	1974	Śrī Rājaratnaṃ Baḷaga, Bengaluru	[28]
Nāgana padagaḷu	1952	Karnāṭaka Saṅgha, Bengaluru	[29]
Ratnana padagaḷu	1945	Satyaśōdhana Prakāṭana Mandira, Bengaluru	[30]
Śānti (Meaning: Female saint)	1934	Rāma Mōhana Kampeni, Bengaluru	[31]
Śrīmān Ḍi. Vi. Ji. avaru citrisiruva Śrī Rāmacandra Prabhu (Meaning: DVG pictured Ramchandra prabhu)	1977	Videha, Bengaluru	[32]
Hanigaḷu (Meaning: Drops)	1933	Karṇāṭaka Saṅgha, Śivamogga	[33]
Kailāsaṃ nenapu mattu Kailāsa kathana (Meaning: Kailasam memories and kailasam stories)	1948	Ji. Pi. Rājaratnaṃ, Bengaluru	[34]
Mahākavi puruṣa Sarasvati (Meaning: Great poet male Sarasvathi)	1940	Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭaṇa Mandira ivaru idannu māruvaru, Bengaluru	[35]
Svatantrabhāratada Aśōkacakra dhvaja (Meaning: Free India's Ashoka wheel flag)	1948	Hind Kitābs, Bombāyi	[36]
Śrī Harṣa	1936	Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira, Bengaluru	[37]
Nanna Jainamatadharmasāhityasēve (Meaning: My literature work on Jain religion)	1994	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Bengaluru	[38]
Gautama Buddha	1936	Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira, Bengaluru	[39]
Yēsu Krista (Meaning: Jesus Christ)	1941	Bi. Bi. Ḍi. Pavar Pres, Bengaluru	[40]
Gaṇḍugoḍali mattu Sambhavāmi yugē yugē (Meaning: Male axe and happening generation after generation)	1968	-NA-	[41]
Narakada nyāya modalāda nālku nāṭakagaḷu (Meaning: Justice in hell included four dramas)	2008	Sapna book house, Bengaluru	[42]
Vīramārtaṇḍa Cāvuṇḍarāya (Menaing: Courageous marthanda Cavundaraya)	1974	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Bengaluru	[43]
Pampabhārata sāra emba Pampana Vikramārjuna vijaya saṅgrahada Hosagannaḍa gadyānuvāda (Meaning: Pampa's Vikramarjuna vijaya collection's prose translation called Pampabharatha's essence)	1948	Hind Kitābs, Bombāyi	[44]
Ratnana dōsti ratna, atava, Bēvārsiya barāvu (Meaning: Ratna's friend ratna (gem) or orphan's sweat)	1934	Rāma Mōhana Kampeni, Bengaluru	[45]
Dharma, sāhitya, dr̥ṣṭi (Meaning: Religion, literature, view)	1937	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Bengaluru	[46]
Sarvadēvanamaskāra (Meaning: Pranams to all gods)	1970	-NA-	[47]
Saṃsa kaviya Vigaḍa Vikrama carita (Meaning: Samsa poet's sarcastic courage epic)	1948	Mārāṭagāraru Satyaśōdhana Pustaka Bhaṇḍāra in Beṇgaḷūru	[48]
Vicārataraṅga (Meaning: Creepy shape wave)	1967	-NA-	[49]
Rannana rasaghaṭṭa emba Rannana Gadāyuddha kāvya saṅgrahada hosagannada gadyānuvāda (Meaning: Ranna’s Gadhayuddha poetry collection (in new-kannada) prose translation called, Ranna’s juicy time)	1948	Hind Kitābs, Bombāyi	[50]
Dharmadāni Buddha (Meaning: Religion donator Buddha)	1933	Rāma Mōhana Kampeni, Beṇgaḷūru	[51]
Cuṭaka	1940	Prōgres Buk Sṭāl, Maisūru	.[52]
Vicāra raśmi (Meaning: Creepy shaped rays)	1985	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Beṅgaḷūru	[53]
Śrī Sāyicintana (Meaning: Sathya Sai Baba thoughts)	1969	Vidēha, Beṅgaḷūru	[54]
Svārasya (Meaning: Interesting)	1993	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Beṅgaḷūru	[55]
Kailāsa kathana, athavā, Guṇḍū bhaṇḍāra mathana (Meaning: Kailasa story or Gundu repository thinking)	1945	Bi. Bi. Ḍi. Pavar Pres, Beṅgaḷūru	[56]
Śr̥ṅgāravallari (Meaning: Decorated Vallari)	1973	-NA-	[57]
Namma nagegāraru (Meaning: Our comedians)	-NA-	Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira, Bengaluru	[58]
Mātina malli (Meaning: Lady speech expert)	1951	Ānand Bradars, Bengaluru	[59]
Śri Kailāsam avara Ēkalavya (Meaning: Kailasam’s novel Ekalavya)	1969	-NA-	[60]
Kariya kambaḷi mattu itara kategaḷu (Meaning: Black blanket and other stories)	1951	Ānand Bradars, Bengaluru	[61]
Apakathā vallari	1939	Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira, Bengaluru	[62]
Kavi Gōvinda Pai (Meaning: Poet Govinda Pai)	1949	Jīvana Kāryālaya, Bengaluru	[63]
Boppaṇa Paṇḍita racisiruva Gommaṭajinastuti (Meaning: Boppaṇa Paṇḍita structured Gommaṭa Jain praise)	1974	s.n.,Bengaluru	[64]
Tuttūri (Meaning: Trumpet)	1940	Prōgres Buk Sṭāl Maisūru	[65]
Nanna Śrīvaiṣṇava kaiṅkarya (Meaning: My Vaishnava infrastructure)	1971	-NA-	[66]
Kandana kāvyamāle (Meaning: Baby's poem garland)	2008	Sapna book house, Bengaluru	[67]
Kannaḍada sētuve (Meaning: Kannada's bridge)	1971	Videha, Bengaluru	[68]
Nanna nenapina bīru (Meaning: My memories cupboard)	1998	Kannaḍa Saṅgha, Bengaluru	[69]
Cīnādēśada Bauddha yātrikaru (Meaning: China country's Buddhist travellers)	1932	Kannaḍa Saṅgha, Bengaluru	[70]
Nītiratnakaraṇḍa	1971	-NA-	[71]
Nūru puṭāṇi (Meaning: 100 child)	1940	Bi. Bi. Ḍi. Pavar Pres, Bengaluru	[72]
Snēhada dīpa (Meaning: Friendship’s lamp)	1972	-NA-	[73]
Śrī Bāhubali vijayaṃ (Meaning: Baahubali's triumph)	1953	Gōkhale Sārvajanika Vicārasaṃstheya Vyāsaṅga Gōnsṭhi,Beṅgaḷūru	[74]
Citrāṅgadā citrakūṭa	1949	-NA-	[75]
Kallina kāmaṇṇa (Meaning: Stone's kamanna )	1952	Ānand Bradars, Bengaluru	[76]
Kallusakkare (Meaning: Sugarstones)	1935	Satyaśōdhana Prakaṭana Mandira, Bengaluru	[77]
Buddhana kālada tīrthakarū tīrthakararū (Meaning: Buddha era's monks)	1937	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Bengaluru	[78]
Nūru varṣaṣagaḷa accumeccu (Meaning: 100 years’ favourite)	1971	-NA-	[79]
Śrī Gōmaṭēśvara (Meaning: Gommateshwara)	1938	Śākya Sāhitya Maṇṭapa, Bengaluru	[80]
Nakkaḷā tāyi (Meaning: Smiled that mother)	1944	Manōhara Grantha Prakāśana Samiti Dhāravāḍa	[81]
Śakārana śārōṭu mattu itara dr̥śyagaḷu (Meaning: Sankara's carriage and other views)	1943	Kannaḍa Saṅgha, Bengaluru	[82]
Japānina Himagiri mattu itara kavanagaḷu (Meaning: Japan’s mist mountains and other poems)	1971	-NA-	[83]

Filmography

1. Olave Mandara (lyricist) (2011)
2. Kallara Santhe (lyricist) (2009)
3. Suntaragaali (lyricist) (2006)
4. Gokarna (lyricist) (2003)
5. A (lyricist) (1998)
6. Chitrakoota (lyricist) (1980)
7. Mother (lyricist) (1980)[84]
8. Havina Hede (lyricist) (1981)
9. Devadasi (lyricist) (1978)
10. Anireekshitha (lyricist) (1970)

Popular songs

• "Helkolokondoru"[85]

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