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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = B. D. Ganapathy<br />
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| birth_date = 1920<br />
| birth_place = Besagoor, [[Coorg]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = 1997 (aged 76–77)<br />
| occupation = [[Author]], [[journalist]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| notableworks = ''Kodavas (Coorgs), their customs and culture''<br />
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'''Bācamāḍa Ḍevaiah Gaṇapati''' (1920–1997) was an Indian writer, scholar and journalist writing in English, [[Kannada]] and [[Kodava Takk]], covering religion, anthropology and philosophy. He is particularly noted for his coverage of the [[Kodagu]] (Coorg) region and the [[Kodava people|Kodava]] ethno-linguistic group, his own birthplace and community.<ref>{{cite book |title=A study of the origins of Coorgs |first=K. C. |last=Ponnappa |year=1999 |publisher=K. C. Ponappa |location=[[Chettalli]], [[Kodagu]], [[Karnataka]]}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Ganapathy was born in Besagoor village in Coorg in 1920.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81114543.html |title=Ganapathy, B. D. |website=Library of Congress |accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> He was a journalist for a newspaper in [[Karnataka]] state, and author of several books on Kodavas and other subjects in Kodava Takk, Kannada and English languages.<br />
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Ganapathy died in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haradas Appacha and Kodagu's nationalism |url=https://www.sahapedia.org/haradas-appacha-and-kodagus-nationalism-0 |website=Sahapedia |access-date=2 February 2023 |date=15 December 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Indian Independence Movement==<br />
During the Indian Independence Movement, he was the sub-editor of the ''Kodagu'', a pro-Independence weekly Kannada newspaper founded by his father-in-law, editor and freedom fighter Pandyanda I. Belliappa, who was known as Kodagu's Gandhi. In 1942 the British India authorities restricted the publication of the ''Kodagu'' weekly and had B. D. Ganapathy imprisoned along with his father-in-law.{{cn|date=January 2017}}<br />
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==Books==<br />
Among Ganapathy's most noted works is his 1967 ''Kodavas (Coorgs), their customs and culture'' published by the Kodagu Ltd., also called the Coorg company, which owned the ''Kodagu'' weekly. Other works include: ''The Eternal Quest'' (1970), ''Naṅga Koḍava'' (1973 in Kodava takk), ''Kodavas'' (1980) and ''Kanni Kāvēri'' (1990 in Kodava Takk). Among his works two books are in the Kodava Language: ''Nanga Kodava'' and ''Kuttambolicha''. His Kannada book on Kodava culture ''Kodagu mattu Kodavaru'' has won him the State Academy Award. He wrote 11 works in 16 publications and in three languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81-114543 |title=Ganapathy, B. D. |work=Worldcat |accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> <br />
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Recently, efforts are being made to foster Kodava literature and for the same purpose the Kodava Thak Parishat was established in 1978. The first conference was presided over by B. D. Ganapathi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onsouthindia.com/on/kodava-language-literature.html |title=Kodava Language and Literature |website=onsouthindia.com |accessdate=13 June 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324014404/http://www.onsouthindia.com/on/kodava-language-literature.html |archivedate=24 March 2012}}</ref> A book has been written about him in 2002.<ref>Dhanu, Iynaṇḍa. ''Bācamāḍa Ḍi. Gaṇapati''. Karnāṭaka Koḍava Sāhitya Akāḍemi, 2002.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Appachcha Kavi]]<br />
* [[I. M. Muthanna]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL11579A/B._D._Ganapathy |title=List of books written by B. D. Ganapathy |publisher=Open Library |accessdate=3 September 2011}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Book on B. D. Ganapathy |publisher=Karnāṭaka Koḍava Sāhitya Akāḍemi |oclc = 056096715}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book |first=B. D. |last=Ganapathy |title=Kodavas (Coorgs), their customs and culture |year=1967}}<br />
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