ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/> <title>¬ ¨ µ ¾ ¸ ¿ ¬ ³ — | Banavasi Balaga</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/site.css"/> </head> <body> <!--######################################################## HEADER ###################################################################--> <div id="header"> <div id="masthead"> <img src="./images/logo.gif" alt="¬ ³ — ¦ ² ¾ ‚ › ¨ " /> <h1>Banavasi Balaga</h1> <p>|| Aarankusavittodam Nenevudenna Manam Kannada Deshamam ||</p> <ul> <li><a href="index_en.html"><strong>Home</strong></a></li> <li><a href="guri_en.html"><strong>Goal</strong></a></li> <li><a href="yojanegalu_en.html"><strong>Projects</strong></a></li> <li><a href="samparka_en.html"><strong>Contact</strong></a></li> <li><a href="index.html"><strong>• ¨ Í ¨ ¡ </strong></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="main"> <div id="content"> <!--######################################################## RIGHT NAVBAR ##############################################################--> <div id="subContent"> <h2><img src="./images/quote_icon.gif"/>The proclamation <i>Aarankusavittodam Nenevudenna Manam Kannada Deshamam</i> is inspired by a similar line in the Pampa Bhaarata of Adi Pampa and means: My mind craves for the land of Kannada be who it may who hinders"</h2> </div> <!--######################################################## ARTICLE ###################################################################--> <div class="article"> <h2>Our logo</h2> <p>The sun in the logo is the inspiring force. The human icons denote Kannadigas who, having derived inspiration from the same force, are working in unison. The gear wheel denotes tireless execution, a component without which ideas remain ideas and dreams, dreams.</p><p><center><img width=300px src="./images/logobig.jpg"/></center></p><p>The proclamation <i>"Aarankusavittodam Nenevudenna Manam Kannada Deshamam"</i> is inspired by a similar line in the Pampa Bhaarata of Adi Pampa and means "My mind craves for the land of Kannada be who it may who hinders". Kannada Kulapurohita Shri Alura Venkata Rao, in his seminal book "Karnataka Gatavaibhava" has the following to say about Adi Pampa's original piece of exquisite poetry:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Kadambas are the oldest (known) dynasty of Karnataka. Their capital was Banavasi. The Kadamba country used to be known as the Banavasi country too. Adi Pampa, a celebrated poet of the Kannada language, has described the country of Banavasi thus:</p> <blockquote><i> <p>Tenkanagaali sonkidodamolnudigeydodamimpanaalva ge</p> <p>yam kivivokkadam birida malligegandodamaada kendalam</p> <p>pam kelagondodam madhumahotsavamaadodamenanembenaa</p> <p>rankusavittodam nenevudenna manam banavasi deshamam ||</p> </i></blockquote> <p>"Be it the South Wind which touches my body or a beautiful verse which my ear hears, be it melodious singing which falls on my ears, be it jasmine flowers which I chance to look upon or the joy of uniting with my lover in which I am, be it the most ecstatic happiness which I am experiencing, <i>my mind craves for the land of Banavasi be who it may who hinders.</i>"</p> </blockquote> <p>From this very line of thought the name "Banavasi Balaga" was born in about 2004.</p> <!--- • Ê ¨ Æ ¹ ¨ ¿ --> <ul class="comments"> <li>&copy; <a href="http://www.banavasibalaga.org">Banavasi Balaga</a> | </li> <li> 2008 | </li> <li> <a href="#">Permalink</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body> </html>