Service to Kannada
In the 1920s Kannada was spoken at home, Telugu taught in school and Tamil used in administration. The Sangha opened a Kannada-medium primary school in 1924, and later the district's first Kannada-medium high school.
With the blessings of
Sri Basaveshwara
Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya
Jagadguru Sri Siddhalinga Shivacharya Swamiji of Ujjaini
Sri Hanagal Kumaraswamiji
A registered educational society · Ballari
Learning for all, since 1916.
It began with a rest house for students who had nowhere to stay. Today the Sangha's schools, colleges and hostels serve the whole district, as a service and never as a business.
ವಿದ್ಯೆಗೆ ಜ್ಞಾನವೇ ಭೂಷಣKnowledge enriches wisdom
- Shatamanotsava
- one hundred years of service, celebrated in 2016
- 57
- schools, colleges, hostels and halls
- 11
- towns and villages
- KG–PG
- kindergarten to postgraduate
Six areas of service
From its first year the Sangha took up the work the district most needed, with secular values and no commercial motive.
Women's education
A college for women in 1969, a hostel beside it so that families could send their daughters without worry, and a high school for girls.
Primary education
Kindergartens and primary schools in Ballari, Hagaribommanahalli and Munirabad, beginning with the school of 1924.
High school and higher education
The district's first college in 1945. Today its degree colleges teach to postgraduate level in science, arts and commerce.
Rural education
Expansion has always gone to the places least able to pay for it: Hosapete, Kottur, Huvinahadagali, Harapanahalli, Kudithini, Tambrahalli, Munirabad, Siruguppa and Deshanuru.
Technical education
Engineering, pharmacy, law, management, teacher education and a polytechnic, so that the district's young people can compete anywhere.
Institutions
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Office bearers
The Managing Committee
President
Dr. Kanekal Mahantesh
Vice-President
Sri Janekunte Basavaraj
Secretary
Dr. Arvind Patel
Joint Secretary
Sri Yalpi Meti Pampanagouda
Treasurer
Sri Byluvaddigeri Yerriswamy