Kalinga Rao’s wife Meenakshamma No More
Udupi: Meenakshamma (92), wife of renowned singer
Pandeshwara Kalinga Rao (1914-1981) and a resident of Moodukeri in Barkur in
Udupi taluk, passed away on Mondya, January 25th 2015 in a hospital at
Manipal.
She died after brief illness.
The last public function she had attended was her husband's birth
anniversary observance held under the aegis of the department of Kannada and
culture of the state government in Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bengaluru on Sep 6,
2014.
The event had been inaugurated by chief minister S Siddaramaiah.
The event had been inaugurated by chief minister S Siddaramaiah.
Rao and Meenakshamma had four
children, Prema, Vasant, Sharat and Santosh.
Regarding P Kalinga Rao
Renown singer Sri Kalinga Rao was
reportedly a primary school dropout. But his command over six languages was
regarded as stupendous.
He is still considered as having
been the pioneer in the 'bhaavageete' genre.
He is well remembered for his evergreen Kannada songs likeyaakaLuve ele Ranga, Yaaru hitavaru ninage, maaDu sikkadalla, nageyu barutide, baagiloLu kaimugidu, anthintha heNNu neenalla andiLidu baa taayi iLidu baa, and not forgetting udayavaagali namma cheluva KannaDa naaDu.
He is well remembered for his evergreen Kannada songs likeyaakaLuve ele Ranga, Yaaru hitavaru ninage, maaDu sikkadalla, nageyu barutide, baagiloLu kaimugidu, anthintha heNNu neenalla andiLidu baa taayi iLidu baa, and not forgetting udayavaagali namma cheluva KannaDa naaDu.
(source courtesy: Mangalorean.com)
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