Bangalore, Aug 23 (ANI): Hundreds of people paid their last respects to veteran literary figure, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, here today. Ananthamurthy died at the age of 82 yesterday after succumbing to multiple health complications in a city hospital. Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah along with other literary colleagues and fans paid homage to him as his body was kept in an open casket. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Ananth Kumar said, “Ananthamurthy is no more.
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