Shekar Ajekar
Daijiworld Media Network—Moodbidri (RD/CN)
Moodbidri, Aug 5: Seventy-five-year-old Palakala Sitaram Bhat, renowned children’s litterateur, bagged the Karnataka Bala Vikasa Academy honorary award for the year 2009–10.
Bhat has authored over 160 children’s books and all his work was published in the form of a book recently.
He has also been felicitated by literary unions in various schools of the taluk.
He lives with his family in Palakala village, near Kadalakere here. Bhat served as a teacher in primary and high schools in the taluk for three and a half decades. Known for hi simplicity, he is still active in the literary field.