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The Kannada novel Bayala Beragu by late Mrs Sumangala S Mummigatti on the life of 12th century Kannadiga, Allama Prabhu, a maverick, a mystic, an enigmatic, an unfathomable, profound thinker, philosopher, debator and poet was honoured by the Karnataka Sahitya Academi Award as the 'Best Novel' for the year 2022. Largely incomprehensible intellectually, philosophically and spiritually: While the whole of Kannada literary academia for the last 6 or 8 decades, except a few scholars in the field, have struggled to figure out what this astounding personality of Allama Prabhu is, he continues to be largely incomprehensible intellectually, philosophically and spiritually. Most of his Vachanas are so figurative, metaphorical, allegorical and cryptic that they seem to be enigmas wrapped in a mystery, wrapped in a puzzle, and placed in a baffling maze. Hence, this revolutionary 12th century thinker of Karnataka has hardly seen the light of the day. His unorthodox, original and ultramoder...