Mangaluru: Veteran Tulu litterateur and former president of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy Seetharam Kulal passed away after a brief period of illness, on Sunday, July 28.
The 78-year-old litterateur was a famous lyricist and had written some evergreen Tulu songs like ‘Mokeda Singari’ , ‘Pakkilu Mooji Onje Goodudu’, ‘Brahmana Baravu Majande Ponda’, Dingiri Mama Dingiri Mama’ among others. He had also written lyrics for several Tulu films like ‘Pagetha Puge’, ‘Udalda Tudar’, ‘Kaasdalna Kandani’ among others. His two books ‘Mannda Magal Abbakka’ and ‘Dharmogu Dharmada Saval’ were widely appreciated.
He has received several awards like ‘Rangakala Bhushana’, ‘Tulu Ratna’, ‘Permeda Tuluve’, ‘Tulu Siri’, ‘Tulu Sahitya Rathnakara’ and ‘Toulava’.
The news comes as big shock because it was only on Saturday that the Tulu literary world lost it most celebrated writer Erya Lakshminarayana Alva.
