Paduru Gururaja Bhat
Paduru Gururaja Bhat
Born1924
Paduru, Udupi district, Karnataka
Died1978
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Historian, academician, professor, author

Paduru Gururaja Bhat (1924 – 27 August, 1978[1]) was a teacher, historian[2] and archaeologist[3] of Tulu Nadu and of Barkur, the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom.[4]

Career

Born in 1924 in the village of Paduru in Karnataka's Udupi district,[1] Bhat graduated from the University of Madras in 1952. He received a master's degree in history from the Banaras Hindu University in 1956 and a PhD from the University of Mysore in 1968.[1] His thesis was entitled A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600.[3]

Bhat taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi,[1] and was the founder-principal of Milagres College, Kallianpur, from 1967 to 1976.[5]

Books

  • Tulunadu
  • Antiquities of South Kanara (1969), Prabhakara Press.[6]
  • Tulunadina Nagamandala (1977), Kannada language.
  • Studies in Tuluva history and culture: From the pre-historic times upto [sic] the modern (1975).
  • Tulunadina Itihasadalli Sthanikaru - Devesthana Adaliteya Ithihasika Adhyayana (written in Kannada)/ Sthanikas in the History of Tulunadu - A Historical study on temple management, 1966
  • Dakshina Kannadada Tuluvaru Tulwa Samskritiyu (IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
  • Udupiya Itihasa (IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
  • Barakuru (IBH Prakasana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
  • Mandartiya Samikshe (Published by the Executive officer of the Durga-Parameshvari Temple, Mandarti, 1971) – Kannada language
  • Ambalpadiya Ithihasa (Published by the Janardhana-Mahakali Temple, Ambalapadi, Udupi, 1967) –Kannada
  • Kadri Sri-Manjunatha Devalaya (Published by the Manager, Sri Manjunatha Temple, Kadri, Mangalore, 1974) –Kannada

Another book, Temples of Dakshina Kannada, was started by P Gururaj Bhat, but was suspended for a long time after his death. The project was later completed by Prof. Muralidhara Upadhya and Dr. P N Narasimhamurthy.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About Dr. Bhat". Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Trust. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ↑ The Hindu, 1 Sept 2009: "Tributes paid to Gururaja Bhat."
  3. 1 2 Pedarapu Chenna Reddy and Inguva Karthikeya Sarma, Mahāsenasiri: Riches of Indian Archaeological & Cultural Studies: A felicitation volume in honour of Dr. I. K. Sarma, Volume 1, Sharada Pub. Co., 2006, ISBN 81-88934-38-0, p. 235: "Archaeological research, however, in its true sense began some time in the sixth decade of the twentieth century when P. Gururaja Bhat started working for his doctoral thesis A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600."
  4. ↑ Interview with Dr. Jagadeesh Shetty. Archived 31 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ The Milagres College, Kallianpur. Archived 25 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ P. Gururaja Bhatt, Antiquities of South Kanara, Prabhakara Press, 1969, 31 pages.
  7. ↑ Temples of Dakshina Kannada


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