S.G. Narasimhachar (1862-1907) was born at Srirangapattana, and was an erudite scholar in Sanskrit, Tamil and English apart from Kannada. Sri S.G. Narasimhacharya, an eminent scholar both in Kannada and Sanskrit was appointed for the collection work. The collection work was started with the generous financial assistance of the then Kinsly government. Even the manuscripts that were collected by the Department of Archaeology were transferred to the library. The library was the first public library in the whole Mysore city. He was a translator par excellence. His translations from English in blank verse and poems like “Ittare Saganiyade’ and “Kaveriya Mahime” are very popular. His other important works include ‘Hindudeshada Charithre’, ‘Allauddinana Adbhutha Dipa’, ‘Aesopana Neethikathegalu’, ‘Gullivarana Deshasanchara’ and ‘Bharatha Veeracharitehe’. He presided over the first conference of Kannada writers held at Dharwad in 1907.
Unfortunately his photo is not available and hence an artist impression based on the description given by Sri DVG is provided here. Anyone having his photo are requested to kindly email it to sgovindaraja@gmail,com
