P. Gururaja Bhat

Paduru Gururaja Bhat (1924 – 27 August, 1978^[1]) was a teacher, historian^[2] and archaeologist^[3] of Tulu Nadu and of Barkur, the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom.^[4]

Paduru Gururaja Bhat
Paduru Gururaja Bhat
Born	1924 Paduru, Udupi district, Karnataka
Died	1978
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Historian, academician, professor, author

Career

Born in 1924 in the village of Paduru in Karnataka's Udupi district,^[1] Bhat graduated from the University of Madras in 1952. He received a master's degree in history from the Banaras Hindu University in 1956 and a PhD from the University of Mysore in 1968.^[1] His thesis was entitled A Political and Cultural History of Tulu-nadu from the earliest times up to AD 1600.^[3]

Bhat taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi,^[1] and was the founder-principal of Milagres College, Kallianpur, from 1967 to 1976.^[5]

Books

• Tulunadu^[6]
• Antiquities of South Kanara (1969), Prabhakara Press.^[7]
• Tulunadina Nagamandala (1977), Kannada language.
• Studies in Tuluva history and culture: From the pre-historic times upto [sic] the modern (1975).
• Tulunadina Itihasadalli Sthanikaru - Devesthana Adaliteya Ithihasika Adhyayana (written in Kannada)/ Sthanikas in the History of Tulunadu - A Historical study on temple management, 1966
• Dakshina Kannadada Tuluvaru Tulwa Samskritiyu (IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
• Udupiya Itihasa (IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
• Barakuru (IBH Prakasana, Bangalore, 1972) –Kannada
• Mandartiya Samikshe (Published by the Executive officer of the Durga-Parameshvari Temple, Mandarti, 1971) – Kannada language
• Ambalpadiya Ithihasa (Published by the Janardhana-Mahakali Temple, Ambalapadi, Udupi, 1967) –Kannada
• Kadri Sri-Manjunatha Devalaya (Published by the Manager, Sri Manjunatha Temple, Kadri, Mangalore, 1974) –Kannada

Another book, Temples of Dakshina Kannada, was started by P Gururaj Bhat, but was suspended for a long time after his death. The project was later completed by Prof. Muralidhara Upadhya and Dr. P N Narasimhamurthy.^[8]