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Bengaluru: Kalaburagi, the divisional headquarters of Kalaburagi (formerly Hyderabad) in Karnataka, has a feather in its cap in the form of the newly established Anuchandra Visual Arts and Cultural Society and Gallery. The newfound art facility is acclaimed to be the first such destination in the whole of North Karnataka. Chandrahas Jalihal, an art teacher by profession and woodcut print artist by passion, is the proud owner of the new cultural centre. He has built a new artistic building catering to the demands of the infrastructure, befitting the requirements. In an informal chat, Chandrahas Jalihal recollects the reasons for undertaking such a magnificent feat, a rare thought these days in that region and elsewhere. Excerpts from the same: Q: Can you brief us about your journey into the art field? Chandrahas Jalihal: I originally belong to Balaganur town, now in Maski Taluk, Raichur district, and was born and brought up there. As part of the rural region, Balaganur boasts a typica...

Virupakshayya Chennabasavayya Hiremath is basically a retired English Professor who has served at Methodist Church College of Kalaburagi. Later, after serving 12 years he was transferred to Beynon Smith Methodist Degree College of Arts, Belagavi where he retired from teaching English. He served for 21 years in Belagavi and retired in May 2013. Soon after his retirement he has taken over as a pontiff of the Mutt in his native Narasapur village of the historic Badami Taluk in Bagalkot district. Seer later but punishing the body earlier: Maybe, VC Hiremath now fondly revered as Hiremath Swamiji or Narasapur Mutt Swamiji has become the pontiff after his formal retirement. But he has started punishing his body much earlier. Shivayogi V. Geernavar, his erstwhile colleague in the Beynon Smith Methodist Degree College of Arts recalls-“His sacrificing nature much before adoring the saffron clothes can be termed as a rare phenomenon in the saga of Veerashiva-Lingayat culture. For record sake, he...