page_title: D. V. Gundappa
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: D. V. Gundappa / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: DVG statue at Bugle Rock Gardens, Bengaluru.
context_page_description: Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. He is one of the stalwarts of modern Kannada literature.His most notable work is the Mankuthimmana Kagga, which is similar to the wisdom poems of the late medieval poet Sarvajna.
context_section_description: Gundappa was awarded Padmabhushan by the Government of India in 1974. The State of Karnataka under Chief Minister Sri Veerandra Patil honored him for his services to Kannada literature in 1970 at Ravindra Kalkshetra, Bengaluru and awarded a purse of Rs 90,000. DVG donated the entire award money to the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs. India Post issued a commemorative stamp of Dr. Gundappa in 1988.
  In 2003, a statue was erected to honor DVG in Bugle Rock Park, Basavanagudi.
caption: D.V. Gundappa's statue at Bugle Rock Park, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru.
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