• the Halegannada, literally "old Kannada", is an ancient form of the Kannada language?
• the Halmidi inscription, an Indian inscription, found near the tiny village of Halmidi, in Karnataka, India, is the oldest known inscription in the Kannada language?
• the 1934 film Sati Sulochana was the first ever talkie produced in the Kannada language?
• the creation of Kannada Sahitya Parishat, an Indian non-profit organization to promote the Kannada language, was first initiated by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom?
• the didactic Jain literature, Vaddaradhane, written by Shivakotiacharya in c. 900, is the earliest available prose work in the Kannada language?
• the noted medieval Telugu-language writer and poet Palkuriki Somanatha wrote important classics in Kannada and Sanskrit as well?
• the name of the village Kokrebellur, an important breeding ground for the Spot-billed Pelican (pictured), is derived from the word "Kokkare" meaning stork or pelican in the Kannada language?
• the inscription eulogising Kappe Arabhatta, a 7th century Chalukya warrior, records the earliest example of Kannada poetry metre Tripadi?
• in c. 990, Nagavarma I authored the earliest available work on the science of prosody in the Kannada language?
• in 1843 the German missionary Hermann Mögling published the first ever newspaper in the Kannada language?
• Nagavarma II, a Kannada language grammarian of the 11th century, authored important writings in prosody, rhetoric, poetics and vocabulary?
• Jagannatha Dasa is one of the widely known 18th-century saint-poets of the Kannada language?
• Kavirajamarga, the earliest extant literary work in the Kannada language, was written by King Amoghavarsha I who was a famous poet and a scholar?
• Nijaguna Shivayogi, a petty chieftain in 15th-century Karnataka, India, was a visionary writer and poet in the Kannada language?
• Sri Ponna, the classical Kannada language poet of c. 950, is considered one of the "three gems of Kannada literature?
• Shabdamanidarpana, a comprehensive and authoritative work on the grammar of the Kannada language, was written in the 13th century by the Indian linguist and poet Kesiraja?
• Vijaya Dasa, an 18th century Hindu saint from the Karnataka Haridasa tradition, composed about 25,000 devotional songs in the Kannada language?
• 11th-century "minister of war and peace" Durgasimha wrote the Kannada language version of the Panchatantra, the first Indian vernacular adaptation of these fables?

Facts on topics related to Kannada language

Malayalam

• Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai (pictured) wrote the Malayalam biography of Karl Marx, which is the first Marx biography in any Indian language?
• Chemmeen, a popular Malayalam novel, was made into a colour Cinemascope film, one of the first in Malayalam film industry?
• it is estimated that 40% of the Tamil and Malayalam Nadar caste are Christians?

Kannada literature

• Ratnakaravarni, the noted 16th-century Kannada poet of the Vijayanagara times, was an expert on erotic writings?
• Sri Ponna, the classical Kannada language poet of c. 950, is considered one of the "three gems of Kannada literature?
• a story in Janna's 13th-century Kannada classic Yashodhara Charite deals with sadomasochism and transmigration of the soul?
• the 12th century Kannada poet Harihara was initially an accountant in the Hoysala court?
• the pen-name of the Kannada poet, Karnataka Ratna and Jnanpith Award winner Kuvempu, was derived from his full name "Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa", Kuppalli being his native place?

Karnataka

• 60 percent of Carnatic musicians in Karnataka come from Rudrapatna?
• excavations at Chandravalli in the Indian state of Karnataka have unearthed coins of Roman emperor Augustus and Chinese Han emperor Wu Ti?
• Karnataka is home to the largest concentration of Siddhis (a tribe of African descent) in India?
• shrines dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya usually face east, but the one at the Kasivisvesvara Temple in Lakkundi, Karnataka faces west?
• Tejashwini Sreeramesh, an Indian Member of Parliament from the Kanakapura constituency of Karnataka, was previously an anchor of a talk show on Udaya TV?
• Allama Prabhu, the mystic-saint of 12th century Karnataka, India, was also an accomplished Vachana poet?
• Chitradurga Fort (pictured) in Karnataka has so many interconnecting tanks to harvest rain water, it was said it never ran out of water?
• Churumuri.com, one of the most popular blogs on WordPress.com, is named after a snack made of puffed rice that is a speciality of Mysore, Karnataka in India?
• Deepak Chougule, a cricketer from the Indian state of Karnataka, created a junior world record for the most runs scored in a single day of a cricket match when he scored 400 runs in a match against Goa?
• flora and fauna of the Indian state of Karnataka include a species of ant newly discovered on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science?

Kannada

• centenarian Nittoor Srinivasa Rau, was the first chief of the Central Vigilance Commission of India and also the first to translate Mahatama Gandhi's autobiography to Kannada?
• Kannada poet and Indian political activist Kayyara Kinyanna Rai published his first journal, Susheela, at the age of 12?
• Andayya's 13th century Kannada work Kabbigara Kava is considered important for its strict adherence to the indigenous Kannada language?
• B. V. Karanth trained alongside Dr. Rajkumar under Gubbi Veeranna, one of the pioneers of Kannada theater?
• Chavundaraya, the builder of the Gomateshwara monolith (pictured) at Shravanabelagola, was an army commander, minister and a famous writer of Kannada and Sanskrit literature?
• G. Venkatasubbaiah is regarded as the father of the modern Kannada dictionary?
• K. Chidananda Gowda, the former Vice-chancellor of the Kuvempu University in India, is the son-in-law of the Kannada playwright Kuvempu, the university's namesake?
• Kishan Shrikanth, age ten, is in the process of directing a Kannada-language feature film, C/o Footpath, which will almost certainly make him the youngest director ever to release a commercial feature film?
• Lakshmisha's 16th century Kannada writing, the Jaimini Bharata, focuses on the horse sacrifice chapter of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata?
• Prema Karanth is the first woman to direct a Kannada film?