Rs 22 Crore sanctioned to varsities

DAVANGERE: To bring Classical language status to Kannada, the state government has sanctioned Rs 2 crore each to 11 state universities to publish reputed works that are yet to be published and reprint some rare works of popular writers, said Minister for Kannada and Culture Govinda Karjol.The Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Academy translated outstanding works in Marathi, English, Hindi and other languages into Kannada. He added that the government has released Rs 60 lakh for bringing out all Vachanas of Basavanna in 13 volumes.He added that in North Karnataka, Rs 10 lakh  was released for the  Hampi  University to translate documents in Modi language, a mixture of Kannada, Urdu and Marathi, belonging to Peshve Maratha period.