<p class="title">Shivamogga district had a special link with Jnanapith award-winning playwright Girish Karnad. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnad was chosen for the Jnanapith, the country’s highest literary award, in 1998 when he was busy shooting for the Kannada film ‘Kanooru Heggadathi’ based on a novel by Kuvempu at Mooduvalli in Thirthahalli taluk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thirthahalli hosted the first public felicitation for Karnad after he was selected for the Jnanapith award. He was in Thirthahalli taluk for more than a month for the film shooting. He had also shot the Kannada teleserial ‘Chidambara Rahasya’ based on a novel of the same name written by Poornachandra Tejaswi (Kuvempu’s son) in Thirthahalli taluk.</p>
<p class="title">Shivamogga district had a special link with Jnanapith award-winning playwright Girish Karnad. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Karnad was chosen for the Jnanapith, the country’s highest literary award, in 1998 when he was busy shooting for the Kannada film ‘Kanooru Heggadathi’ based on a novel by Kuvempu at Mooduvalli in Thirthahalli taluk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thirthahalli hosted the first public felicitation for Karnad after he was selected for the Jnanapith award. He was in Thirthahalli taluk for more than a month for the film shooting. He had also shot the Kannada teleserial ‘Chidambara Rahasya’ based on a novel of the same name written by Poornachandra Tejaswi (Kuvempu’s son) in Thirthahalli taluk.</p>