Poetic Obituaries: Professor Chandrashekhara Kambar, former vice chancellor of Hampi University and a well known Kannada poet, said [C.] Ashwath's dea

was "certainly a big loss to the Kannada literary and musical world. It was only through C. Ashwath's magical music that many great poems written by renowned Kannada poets became popular. His death will create a big void in Kannada music."

from Rediff.com: Kannada composer C. Ashwath dies

~~~~~~~~~~~