Manjeshwar Govinda Pai ( ) (1883 � 1963), also known as Rastrakavi Govinda Pai, was a Kannada poet. He was awarded the Rashtrakavi title by the Madras Government (Kasaragod district was part of South Kanara district of Madras state prior to the States reorganisation on 1 November 1956 ). Govinda Pai was the one who put Manjeshwaram on the literary maps of Karnataka.
|
|