Vishalakshi Dakshinamurthy

Vishalakshi Dakshinamurthy is an Indian novelist who writes in Kannada. Her novel Vyapthi-Prapthi which was adapted into the film Jeevana Chaitra.^[1]

Vishalakshi Dakshinamurthy
Born	Vishalakshi (1935-11-16)16 November 1935 Challakere, Mysore State, British India
Pen name	Vishalakshi Dakshinamurthy
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Indian
Period	1950–present
Genre	Novels, non-fiction, classical
Subject	Non-fiction
Notable works	Vyapthi-Prapthi
Notable awards	Rajyotsava Award
Children	3, including D. Mangala Priyadarshini
Relatives	T. R. Subba Rao (uncle), Chi. Udayashankar (relative)

In 2008, she received the Bhuvaneshwari award at the Kannada Sahitya Parashat.^[2]