versions of the Ramayana include Sri Ramayana Darshanam by Dr. K. V. Puttappa ( Kuvempu ) in Kannada and Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu by Viswanatha Satyanarayana in Telugu , both of which have been awarded the Jnanpith Award . A popular version called Geet Ramayan (Geet = song) in Marathi by G.D. (Gajanan