T. S. Venkannaiah

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Taluku Shamarao Venkannaiah (born 17 November 1947) is an Indian author and educator. He was named after his elder brother TS Venkannaiah (Talukina Subbanna Venkannaiah), a great name in Kannada literature. A resident of Sringeri he had served as principal in JCBM College of Sringeri, Chikmagalur Dist, Karnataka State, South India.

He was a Sanskrit Professor in JCBM college Sringeri. He wrote many books and was a chief editor of Magazines like Bhamathi (The JCBM College magazine which won awards for the many consecutive years during his time as editor), He served as Sringeri Taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat President also. He has translated many works which include the Will Durant's greatest work the History of Greece volume 9.

Venkannaiah was born in Shimoga Shimoga district to a native Telugu family.He studied his primary and secondary education in Shimoga and later on moved to Mysore for higher studies. He completed his MA in Sanskrit in Mysore University and started his career as a high school teacher in Deshiya Vidyashala in the year 1963 and in the year 1965 he became a lecturer in JCBM College in Srigeri.

Venkannaiah began his academic career as a lecturer of Sanskrit language at JCBM College of Sringeri (The Sharada Peetham). He served as Principal in the same college. He served as Kannada Sahitya Parishad President for Sringeri Tq. He translated many works and he was a chief editor for the college magazines like "Bhamathi", Monthly magazine "Sadguru's Blessings" of Harihara Pura Mat for many years.

Venkannaiah is a writer and a translator par excellence^{[citation needed]}. He is against meaningless practices and rituals and he is for true understandings of spiritual texts. Venkannaiah's writings vary from Sanskrit works to English to Telugu works.

• Sri Shankara's Bhajagovindam-With special explanation
• Bharatiyare ecchara - Sri Dayananda sarasvati's Points to Ponder
• Upadesha Shatakam - Poet Gumani
• 6 Small story collection on Dharma Neeti & Subhashitagalannu
• Guruvamsha Kavya - Sri Kashi Lakshmana Shastri's
• Shrividyeya Sarasarvasva - Mahamanustava - by Kavya Kanta Ganapathi Shastri
• Somadeva's Kathasarithsagara 12 -18 chapter's translation to Kannada

• Adyatmika sanjeevini - Swami Paramananda's Spiritual heeling
• Dhyanada acharane - swami rutajananda's Practice of meditation
• Bharatiyare ecchara - Sri Dayananda sarasvati's Points to Ponder
• Bhavanatmaka prabuddhate - Swami Dayananda sarasvati's Emotional Meturity
• Kristano krishnano - Sri Manoj Rakshit - Christ or Krishna
• Katha Kusuma - Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha - Edifying parables
• On Avatara Meharbaba's jeevana sadhane mattu upadesha 4 kiruhottigegalu Kannada
• Wildurant's story of civilization 1 - 2 volumes- selected parts translation
• Wildurant's story of civilization 9 vol complete translation
• Ashayagalu mattu munnotagalu - k n munshi views and vistas
• Hindu Adarshagalu - K Balasubrahmanya Aiyyar's - Hindu Ideals

• Vedanthaa Kathavali part 1 - Shri Vidyaprakashanandagiri
• Vedantha Kathavali part -2 - Shri Vidyaprakashanandagiri
• Jeevana charitre "Late TS venkannaiah's Life history)
• Sri Sharada Peetha (Introduction to Sringeri Mahasamstana)

• Kavya Pallava Kavana Sankalana Published by Sringeri Kannada Sahitya Parishat
• Seva Vishwa - Gubbi Chidambarashrama Seva Sadana Monthly magazine's 50th years Special edition
• Shatamanada Kavi Kuvempu - Kuvempu janma shatamanotsa's edition)
• Sankeerna - Vakrokti Siddhanta - Ondu Vishleshane (an anlysis)
• Vishva Kosha of Mysore University

• More than 30 articles in many commemoration volumes and other special editions
• Preface to 5 different Kavana sankalanas,3 different Katha Sankalanas, 3 different Kadambaris, Bhakti Geethe, & 1 stotra Grantha

• Gubbi "Sevasadana" 10 years since
• "Sadguru's Blessings" - English montly of Sri hariharapura Temple Since 2003 Septemper
• For 27 years worked as editor for JCBM College "Bhamati"

• Sahrudayi (Commemoration volume) (Released on March 3rd 2011 on attaining his 70th birthday )

• Official website of Venkannaiah TS
• JCBM College location
• JCBM College Site
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• TS Venkannaiah (The first Kannada Professor Mysore University (Uncle of Venkannaiah Taluku Shamarao)(disambiguation)[2]
• TS Venkannaiah [3](disambiguation)
• TS Venkannaiah (disambiguation)[4]
• TS Venkannaiah Dedication of Ramayan Darshanam to Sri TS Venkannaiah (disambiguation)[5]

• JCBM College, Sringeri, Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka State, South India. Pin 577142
• Harihara Matt "Sadguru's Blessings" trust, Hariharapura Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka State, South India.
• Gubbi Chidambarashrama "Seva Sadana Trust", Gubbi, Tumkur Dist. Karnataka State, India
• Talukina Venkannaiah Smaraka Granthamale, Mysore, Karnataka State, South India.
• Sringeri Kannada Sahitya Parishad, Sringeri, Chikmagalur Dist, Karnataka State, India.

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