G . S Bhavi

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G . S Bhavi Biography

G.S Bhavi resident of Vijaypur, Karnataka, India, an Indian English poet.He published his collection of English poems in 1999 titled The Great Men In Perplexed Era And Other Lyrical and Narrative Anthology. He says Kannada is like a dearest wife and English as a most lovely lady friend. He started his career as a teacher in Karajgi, Akkalkot, Maharashtra but later left Karajgi and gave up the job and settled in Vijaypur as the forefathers and grandfather Gursidappa, father Murasadappa along with the family of Gujri served as disciples of The Hiremath near Mahadev Temple Shahpethi, Vijaypur.The Hiremath has a 5000 years old history with its preserved records written in classical Kannada poesy.The founder Gussiddeshwarpattadeva is known to do penance at Bellary Sirsal Mallikarjunadeva for the showers of rain and on the bestowance of the blessings for rain got the title Malleshwara.Jagatguru Ujnipeth Siddeshwaracharya first held its function in Vijaypur in the year 1974 at Hiremath, Shahpethi for a month, the poet Gurasappa Bhavi served and played a great role. Gurasappa Bhavi matriculated from Central school, S.S. High School and joined Vijaya college and did his B.A. He was good in literature. Once he wrote a drama in Kannada, directed it and enacted it with the colony boys at Mahadev Temple, Shahpethi.In Vijaypur he carried out his profession of teaching English as a tutor, agriculture and in printing and publishing fields.He also worked as the editor of Udaya newspaper. He later started his own RELIEF PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD at Shahpethi.He published two newspapers, one English titled RELIEF and the other Kannada titled Mulok. He published a number of articles in English and Kannada.As a man of literature, he met Kuvempu and J.P. Narayan. In his book of poems, he describes the great personalities of Vijaypur, India and world who made the world, a good and peaceful place to live in and served God and mankind.The book also contains spiritual poems that reflect the reality and mystery of life.)

The Best Poem Of G . S Bhavi

A Salute To My Professor

Reverential holy sight was that,
At 'Vijay college' of Vijaypur city,
Came he like glowing muse light,
To enlighten our dark life and fate!

When I saw his fair face,
That was so grand brightening,
As the rising Sun at horizon gate,
Welcomed him we for gathering site.

He was smiling to see us all,
Like a bloomed lotus laughing,
I listened to his Lullaby Lay,
'What a sweet lecture! ' I said,

I slept like a baby in his lulling cradle,
That was his sweetest honey-comb discourse,
Heard we all with anxious applause,
Acclaimed on our professor's genius.

'Would you nourish me carefully,
With milk of English muse lovely,
If I come to you devotedly',
Asked I eagerly and heartily.

'Oh! Yes, ', said he nodding firmly,
And looked at me by holding my hand,
Then led me towards Celestial gate,
Of most beautiful garden of Eden!

I saw in his head and heart,
All West Minister Abbey,
Where mighty souls of letters lie,
In graveyard under shadow of Cypress trees!

He was an Indian Christian,
Born in Goa, lived in Dhardwar,
Transferred to Kolhapur,
And died in Mumbai

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