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P. Gururaja Bhat

Paduru Gururaja Bhat
Paduru Gururaja Bhat
Born1924
Paduru, Udupi district, Karnataka
Died1978
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Historian, academician, professor, author

Paduru Gururaja Bhat (1924 – 27 August, 1978[1]) was a teacher, historian[2] and archaeologist[3] of Tulu Nadu and of Barkur, the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom.[4]

Career

Born in 1924 in the village of Paduru in Karnataka's Udupi district,[1] Bhat graduated from the University of Madras in 1952. He received a master's degree in history from the Banaras Hindu University in 1956 and a PhD from the University of Mysore in 1968.[1] His thesis was entitled A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600.[3]

Bhat taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi,[1] and was the founder-principal of Milagres College, Kallianpur, from 1967 to 1976.[5]

Books

  • Tulunadu[6]
  • Antiquities of South Kanara (1969), Prabhakara Press.[7]
  • Tulunadina Nagamandala (1977), Kannada language.
  • Studies in Tuluva history and culture: From the pre-historic times upto [sic] the modern (1975).
  • Tulunadina Itihasadalli Sthanikaru - Devesthana Adaliteya Ithihasika Adhyayana (written in Kannada)/ Sthanikas in the History of Tulunadu - A Historical study on temple management, 1966
  • Dakshina Kannadada Tuluvaru Tulwa Samskritiyu (IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
  • Udupiya Itihasa (IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
  • Barakuru (IBH Prakasana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
  • Mandartiya Samikshe (Published by the Executive officer of the Durga-Parameshvari Temple, Mandarti, 1971) – Kannada language
  • Ambalpadiya Ithihasa (Published by the Janardhana-Mahakali Temple, Ambalapadi, Udupi, 1967) –Kannada
  • Kadri Sri-Manjunatha Devalaya (Published by the Manager, Sri Manjunatha Temple, Kadri, Mangalore, 1974) –Kannada

Another book, Temples of Dakshina Kannada, was started by P Gururaj Bhat, but was suspended for a long time after his death. The project was later completed by Prof. Muralidhara Upadhya and Dr. P N Narasimhamurthy.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "About Dr. Bhat". Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Trust. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Tributes paid to Gururaja Bhat". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009.
  3. ^ a b Sarma, Inguva Karthikeya (2006). Mahāsenasiri: Riches of Indian Archaeological & Cultural Studies : a Felicitation Volume in Honour of Dr. I. K. Sarma. Sharada Publishing Company. pp. 235: "Archaeological research, however, in its true sense began some time in the sixth decade of the twentieth century when P. Gururaja Bhat started working for his doctoral thesis A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600.". ISBN 978-81-88934-38-6.
  4. ^ "Interview with Dr. B Jagadeesh Shetty and Dr. Vasanth Shetty". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
  5. ^ "THE MILAGRES COLLEGE, KALLIANPUR". Barkur Online. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
  6. ^ Tulunadu.
  7. ^ Bhatt, P. Gururaja (1969). Antiquities of South Kanara (in Kannada). Printed at Prabhakara Press.
  8. ^ "Temples of Dakshina Kannada". Yakshagana.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2001.
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