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2 unusual facts about Kavi


Pangasinan literature

The earliest known written records in the Pangasinan language were written in the ancient Pangasinan script, a writing system related to the Tagalog Baybayin script and the Javanese Kavi script.

Shukra

Ushanas is the name of a Vedic rishi with the patronymic Kāvya (descendant of Kavi, AVŚ 4.29.6), who was later identified as Ushanas Shukra.


Angel Otero

Otero has shown his work in solo exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center (2010), Kavi Gupta (2009), the Contemporary Art Workshop Gallery (2008), and the Union League Club of Chicago (2008).

Ashok Row Kavi

In 1995 on the Nikki Tonight show hosted by Nikki Bedi, Row Kavi related a story about how he had, in his youth, had a letter published in a magazine in which he described Mahatma Gandhi as a "bastard bania".

Devkota

Laxmi Prasad Devkota Devkota is considered the greatest poet of Nepali language—he has been given the title of "Maha Kavi" ("The Great Poet") of Nepali language.

Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya

In 1814-15 Munshi Lallulal Kavi, a Gujarati Brahmin (of the Braja Bhasa)of Fort William College was believed to have acquired the rights to Baburam’s Sanskrit Press.

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma B.A. BL (October 20, 1927 – May 30, 2007), also known as Yuga Kavi, was a Telugu poet, critic and litterateur.

International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

There have been solo performances by Mohit Chauhan of Masakali Fame and Kumar Vishwas, a comic poet (hasya-kavi).

Kavichandran Alexander

Kavi Alexander has also recorded the following Indian master musicians: Padmavibushan Dr. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Padmabushan Professor V.G. Jog, Padmavibushan Pandit Jesraj, Padmabushan Dr. N. Ramani, Ustad Imrat Khan, Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar, Padmashri Dr. L. Subramaniam, Padmashri V. M. Bhatt, Padmashri Kadri Gopalnath, Padmashri Ustad Rashid Khan, Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Swapan Chaudhuri, Guruvayur Dorai and T. H. Subashchandran.

Kavigan

Mukunda Das, more popular as a charan kavi, was also a kaviyal.

Kopparapu

Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu consists of Kopparapu Venkata Subbaraya Kavi (1885 - 1932) and Kopparapu Venkataramana Kavi (1887 - 1942).

Kotumachagi

The birth place (Narayanapura about one km) of great poet (Kavi) Chamarasa who wrote Prabulingalile.

Lakhmi Chand

He has been given the honour of surya kavi (Sun Poet) of Haryanvi Raagni and Swang.

Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker

His literary masterpiece, Kavi-Ramayanam, which he wrote at the age of 25, is deemed to be the motivational force behind the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation, which abolished the ban on low-caste people entering Hindu temples in the state of Travancore.

Shail Chaturvedi

He started his career as a lecturer at Allahabad University, soon started taking part in various Kavi sammelan (poetry gatherings), and with his tongue-in-cheek political commentary, made a place for himself amidst leading humorists, hasya kavi of the 1970s and 1980s, like Kaka Hathrasi, Pradeep Chaubey and Ashok Chakradhar.

Srinatha

Srinatha was respected as Kavi Sarvabhouma (King of poets) in Telugu, and patronised by many kings including the Kondavidu Reddys, Velamas of Rachakonda and Deva Raya II of Vijayanagara Empire.

Unakkaga Mattum

The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan and Kavi Varma.

Upper Bagh Devi Temple

Then Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja got indication from devi (through dream) that he may need to build temple in these places.

Yanaon

First Laurel Poet of Andhra, Chellapilla Venkata Kavi (1870–1950), One of the duo of the famous Tirupati Venkata Kavulu lived here.


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