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Kavi Gavai has been the pontiff of Shree
Veereshwara Punyashrama Since 1944, after the demise of Pt. Panchakshara Gavai who founded this Ashrama for the upliftment of the born-blind children and orphans. Since its inception in 1942, Shree Veereshwar Punyashrama has been feeding and educating the born-blind and the orphans and the poor children free of cost, without discrimination on the basis of caste and creed. The Ashrama is solely run on the strength of voluntary donations by its devotees. The mission of the Ashrama is selfless service to the community, especially and poorest and the blind. The disciples trained and educated in Music. and Fine Arts have become music teachers, stage-artists, radio-artists, musicians and professionals in the field of arts in thousands. "Pt. Panchakshari Gavai Drama Theatre" organized and founded by Pt. Puttaraj Gavai has given innumerable performances and has been considered one of the pioneering feats of Theatre Movement in the North Karnataka. Being solely dedicated to furthering the art of stage drama, this dramatic company has produced thousands of stage artists who have earned national and international fame. Punyashrama has produced thousands of "Kirtanakaras" who are busy delivering Puranas and Pravachanas and Keertanas all over the state. Thus, Shree Veereshwara Punyashrama is rendering valuable services in the field of literature, music, religion, literacy and social service. It is dedicated to the cause of the welfare of the blind and down-trodden for over seventy years in its own humble way. The very secular credentials of this institution has made this Ashrama typical and a class by itself. The Pontiff of Shree Veereshwara Punyashrama, Gadag is viewed by the devotees as a "Walking God on the Earth". Shree Veereshwara Punyashrama of Gadag is a very popular and influential Ashrama in Karnataka. It is a charity institution solely dedicated to the upliftment of the blind, orphans and poor children. More than 1000 children reside in the Ashrama and are fed free of cost. The Ashrama runs Thirteen institutions comprising musical as well as general education.
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Puttaraja Gawai is one of the pioneers of
Veereshwara Punyashrama, a music school dedicated to imparting musical knowledge to people who are differentially able-d. Disabled people, especially blind from all castes, religions and sections of the society are taught music in the ashram. Pt. Dr. Puttaraj
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Veereshwara Punyashrama is run on its own strength without any aid from the Government. It has been contributing to the society the talented musicians, radioartists, music teachers, stage - artists and the professionals in the field of music and fine arts. Shree Veereshwara Punyashrama is
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Puttaraj Gawai set up a theater company which would not only to help in raising funds to provide free food, shelter, education to disabled orphans but also to contribute to the theater culture. Thus,"SriGuru
Kumareshwara Krupa Poshita Natya Company "was established. His first play 'Sri Sivayogi
257:. Under the guidance of Panchakshara Gawai, he mastered Hindustani. He mastered carnatic music under the guidance of Mundarigi Raghavendrachar (belonging to Vishesha Parampara). He had mastered many instruments harmonium, tabla, violin and 10 other music instruments.
245:. His parents were Revaiah Venkatapurmath and Siddamma. He lost his eyesight at the age of 6 months. He lost his father when he was 10 months old. His maternal uncle Chandrashekharaiah took him under his wings and raised him.
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The pontiff, Pt. Puttaraj Kavi Gavai has been serving out society in different capacities and is a catalyst of social and communal harmony. He richly deserves any coveted prize and honour like "Padma
Vibhushan Award".
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Puttaraj Gawai has authored over 80 books on spirituality, religion, history as well as biographies of many 'sharanas' of the Bhakti movement of the 12th century. He has authored books in
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Pt Gawai has been bestowed with many awards for his contributions to music, literature and social service. Some important awards are listed below.
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Sidharama' written and directed by him brought in profit and was applauded. This was followed by many other successful productions.
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Official Web Site: PuttarajGavaiji, Veereshwar Punyashrama Gadag
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2000 - National Award (for the betterment of disabilities) by
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He died 17 September 2010, at Veereshwara Punyashrama,
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2009 - N Vajrakumar Abhinandana Puraskar Samiti Award
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1998 - Jnaanayogi by Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Gadag.
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718:"Puttaraj Gawai dedicates Padma Bhushan to students"
365:, Karnataka. He was buried at the ashram as per the
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448:Chikkenakoppada Sri Channaveera Sharanara Puraana
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210:third highest civilian honour, awarded in 2010.
872:"Hindustani music doyen Puttaraj Gavai is dead"
850:"Pandit Puttaraj Gavai: A beacon for thousands"
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898:. Chennai, India. 25 July 2010. Archived from
381:Some of his important works are listed below.
2450:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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2445:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
913:Lalithaa Krishnan (20 August 2009).
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286:. He re-wrote the Bhagavad Gita in
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941:Lalithaa Krishnan (27 July 2007).
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766:"Puttaraja Kavi Gavai is no more"
610:1998 - Kanaka Purandara Prashasti
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538:Shivasharane Uditadi Akkamahadevi
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457:Guddaapura Daanamma Devi Puraana
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415:Ankalagi Adavi Siddeswara Purana
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601:1975 - Honorary doctorate by
442:Sri Veerabhadreshwara Puraana
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1316:Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
1138:award recipients (2010–2019)
652:Government of Madhya Pradesh
582:1961 - President award for "
506:Theatre and drama in Kannada
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1477:Suryanarayanan Ramachandran
1346:Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
634:2001 - "Nadoja Award" from
618:Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
454:Sri Annadaaneshwara Puraana
430:Sharana Basaveshwara Purana
427:Kalikeri Guru Mahima Purana
319:Chandrashekhar Puranikmath.
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255:Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai
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2435:People from Gadag-Betageri
1784:Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
1161:Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay
333:Rajguru Guruswami Kalikeri
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129:Hindustani classical music
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2224:Philipose Mar Chrysostom
2188:Niranjanananda Saraswati
1754:Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
1734:Nandkishore Shamrao Laud
1402:Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
511:Sri Kotturu Basaveshwara
501:Sidhantha Shikamani etc.
482:Tatparya Sahit Sri Rudra
460:Sri Chikkeshwara Puraana
424:Veerabhadreshwara Purana
396:GuruSudha Part 1 & 2
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218:He was born into a poor
2345:# Posthumous conferral
2147:Barjinder Singh Hamdard
1895:Thirumalachari Ramasami
1457:Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
668:Government of Karnataka
624:Government of Karnataka
607:1998 - Nadoja Prashasti
574:Awards and recognitions
485:Panchakshara Suprabhata
143:singer, instrumentalist
2475:Hindi-language writers
2470:Writers from Karnataka
2295:Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade
2239:Ramachandran Nagaswamy
2203:Tehemton Erach Udwadia
2198:Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
1905:Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
1799:Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
1377:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
754:. Basava Samiti. 1997.
520:Bhagavaan Basaveshwara
517:Shivasharana Chennayya
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46:Background information
2335:Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
2275:Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
1915:Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
1744:Hemendra Singh Panwar
1648:P. Chandrasekhara Rao
1291:Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
1256:Kuzhur Narayana Marar
1226:Jagdish Chandra Kapur
878:on 19 September 2010.
706:on 19 September 2010.
664:Tirumakudalu Chowdiah
473:Shrimat Kumara Geetha
390:Sangeet Shastra Jnana
352:
2305:Budhaditya Mukherjee
2229:Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2006:Gokulotsavji Maharaj
1991:Swami Satyamitranand
1986:Melinda French Gates
1910:Vinod Prakash Sharma
1593:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
1588:M. S. Gopalakrishnan
1527:Raghavan Thirumulpad
1472:Rajendra Singh Pawar
804:on 19 September 2010
778:on 18 September 2010
597:Rajyotsava Prashasti
186:Hindustani classical
2142:Dayananda Saraswati
2137:D. Nageshwara Reddy
2072:Robert D. Blackwill
2051:Khadg Singh Valdiya
1890:Anumolu Ramakrishna
1830:Padmanabhan Balaram
1804:Saroja Vaidyanathan
1759:A. Sivathanu Pillai
1699:Maharaj Kishan Bhan
1598:Buddhadev Das Gupta
1452:Dwijen Mukhopadhyay
1427:Keki Byramjee Grant
1422:Kris Gopalakrishnan
1392:C. V. Chandrasekhar
1296:Arogyaswami Paulraj
1271:C. P. Krishnan Nair
1216:Belle Monappa Hegde
1072:on 3 February 2010.
1040:on 3 September 2010
1022:on 11 October 2012.
603:Karnatak University
569:Sri Rudra and Music
514:Nelloora Numbiyaaka
498:Siddha Linga Vijaya
409:Akkamahadevi Purana
182:Puttaraj Gawayigalu
166:PuttarajGavaiji.com
2420:Hindustani singers
2178:Deviprasad Dwivedi
2173:Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
2001:Subhash C. Kashyap
1825:Mrityunjay Athreya
1739:Mangesh Padgaonkar
1558:Shashikumar Chitre
1326:Satya Vrat Shastri
1186:Sant Singh Chatwal
1151:Satya Paul Agarwal
1016:www.daijiworld.com
890:"Puranikmath dead"
829:The Times of India
730:on 3 February 2010
636:Kannada University
479:Shri Linga Sooktha
476:Kumareshwara Kavya
421:Purathanara Purana
399:Taala Panchakshara
359:
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2087:Heisnam Kanhailal
2077:Hafeez Contractor
2046:Shivakumara Swami
1860:Jyeshtharaj Joshi
1850:Pullela Gopichand
1719:Abdul Rashid Khan
1643:M. S. Raghunathan
1628:Arvind Panagariya
1492:Kallam Anji Reddy
1261:Chhannulal Mishra
642:Basavashree award
547:Maharati Bheeshma
468:Books in Sanskrit
357:18 September 2010
237:district (now in
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107:17 September 2010
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2480:Sanskrit writers
2290:Darshan Lal Jain
2285:Dharampal Gulati
2270:John T. Chambers
2021:Sudha Ragunathan
1966:Vijay P. Bhatkar
1940:T. H. Vinayakram
1925:Dhirubhai Thaker
1885:K. Radhakrishnan
1835:Dalveer Bhandari
1563:Khaled Choudhury
1543:Suresh H. Advani
1351:Narayanan Vaghul
1336:Kushal Pal Singh
1331:Noshir M. Shroff
1311:Mallika Sarabhai
1201:Madhusudan Dhaky
1181:B. K. Chaturvedi
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