BALAVANA PUTTUR

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Kota Shivaram Karanth (Kannada) (October 10, 1902 - December 9, 1997) was a major Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "finest novelist-activist of modern India" by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honor conferred by the Govt. of India. He was conferred Padma Bhushan by Government of India which later he returned in protest against the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.

His house named Balavana is now maintained by the Government of India. The government has added a swimming pool and made the place an educational institution for local children.