Language Kannada Country India Followed by Saartha | Originally published 1952 Genre Fiction Preceded by Anchu | |
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) | ||
Hamsa Geethe is a 1952 book about the Indian classical singer by T. R. Su. This book was chosen as a textbook for graduation classes. The 1956 Hindi film, Basant Bahar, and 1975 Kannada film Hamsageethe are based on this novel. The story talks about the life of a musician in the context of Chitradurga being passed from the hands of the Palaiyakkarar to Hyder Ali. Book has good descriptions about Chitradurga's fort and its history.
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Hamsa Geethe (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA