Mysuru: Final rites of literary giant Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa, 91, were performed with full state honours amid family members, dignitaries, and fans on Friday afternoon around 12.30 pm at the crematorium near the foot of Chamundi Hill in Mysuru.

His sons, S B Uday Shankar and S B Ravi Shankar, conducted the last rites as per Hoysala Brahmana customs with guidance from a team of seven priests led by palace priest Chandrashekar Shasthri. Journalist Vishweshwar Bhat, ex-MP Pratap Simha, and writer Sahana Vijayakumar joined in lighting his pyre.

Mysuru district in-charge minister H C Mahadevappa, Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, MLA T S Srivatsa, MLC K Shivakumar, philanthropist Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, and Mysuru DC G Lakshmikanth Reddy offered floral tributes. More than 150 people fr

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