Udupi: Noted Kannada Writer and Former Kannada Sahitya Parishad President Ambatanaya Mudradi passed away in the wee hours of Tuesday February 21.
He was born in Mudradi in Hebri Taluk in 1935. Poet, dramatist, vachanakara, Yakshagana exponent, Yakshagana arthadhari, haridasa, jinadasa, satirist, orator, thought columnist, and resource person in teacher training such and so on.
He has received awards and honours from sangha-samsthas including Rajyotsava Award.