Channappa Daniel Uttangi (28 October 1881, Uttangi 1962,

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) was an Indian author and poet.

Career

Channappa Uttangi began his theological studies at the age of twenty at the Basel Seminary. Upon completing his studies Uttangi joined Basel Mission as an Evangelist in 1908. Uttangi's first published work was from a sermon preached at a Hindu gathering in Benares (today

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). Varanasi is known as a symbolic place for Hindu culture and learning. Uttangi's was awarded by the

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for his groundbreaking work on the Kannada poet

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. For 25 years Uttangi researched this 16th-century Kannada poet. The poems of Sarvajna were spread out among the villages. To study these poems Uttangi developed a skill of reading and interpreting the ancient manuscripts preserved on palm leaves. Uttangi would go to the villages stay with the people and collect information on the poems of Sarvajna. In all Uttangi collected 2000 poems and classified them in a systematic manner. A statue of Channappa Uttangi was unveiled at his native village in

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by the former

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, N. Dharam Singh in July 2004.

Works

Books on Christianity ''Bethlehem’s Request to Banares'' (1921) ''

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'' (1927) ''The Essence of

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’s Spiritual Experience: Part I'' (1939) ''The Essence of Sadhu Sundar Singh’s Spiritual Experience: Part II'' (1953) ''Mrityunjaya'' (An account of the Last Days of Jesus Christ) (1963) Books on Lingayatism ''

Vachanas Vachana sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing in Kannada (see also Kannada poetry) that evolved in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th century, as a part of the Sharana movement. Madara Chennaiah, an 11th-century cobbler-saint who live ...

'' (1924) '' Basaveshwara and the Advancement of Karnataka'' (1923) ''Basaveshwara and the Uplift of Untouchables'' (1933) ''Vachanas of Miligeya Marayaa and Queen Mahadevi'' (ed with Prof. S. S. Bhusanurmath, 1950) ''The Historicity of

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'' (1951) ''The collection of Siddharmas's Literary Works'' (1955) ''Vachana of Adayya'' (1957) ''Lingayatism and Christianity'' (1969) ''

: The heart of

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'' (1932) Books on Hinduism ''Well-Wisher of the Hindu Society'' (Eradication of Casteisim and National Integration) (1921) ''

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: A Goddess of South India'' (1995) ''A Complete Concordance to the Bhagvad Gita'' (Unpublished)

References

* ''Reverend Channappa Uttangi: Life and Work of an Inter-Faith Pioneer'' by S. R. Gunjal, Translated from Kannada into English by M. Panchappa, Published by Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore. 2007. * ''A Channappa Uttangi Reader : Selected Writings of Rev. Daniel Channappa Uttangi'' (1881–1962) Translated from Kannada. Edited by Arun Kumar Wesley. 2007.

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