Mysore Open Forum has organised the release of the documentary on Basavanna by Sri Dr. Sharath Chandra Swamiji of Shri Kuntur Mutt, Mysuru, tomorrow (Sept. 22) at Kalpa Kshetra Auditorium, #581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, at 10.30 am. K.B. Ganapathy, Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, will preside.
Kalpa Heritage Trust has produced this documentary, the 8th in the series of documentaries produced by the Trust. Documentaries on Samaveda Sangita (5 parts), Sangita Pitamaha Purandara Dasa and Sangita Kalanidhi Mysore Vasudevacharya are the earlier productions and they have been recipients of awards. To produce the documentary on Basavanna, it was decided to film it entirely at Basavana Bagewadi, Basava Kalyana and Kudala Sangama and draw the story of Basavanna from the many resource persons there.