Bengaluru/Mysuru, Sept. 25 -- A pall of gloom has engulfed Kannada literary world, with the passing of renowned novelist Padma Bhushan Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa on Wednesday.

At the age of 94, Dr. Bhyrappa left for heavenly abode, after suffering cardiac arrest at 2.38 pm at Jayadev Memorial Rashtrotthana Hospital and Research Centre, Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru, according to a press release by its Medical Administrator Dr. H.N. Shyla.

Dr. Bhyrappa is survived by his wife Saraswathi, sons S.B. Ravishankar, a banker in London and S.B. Udayshankar, daughters-in-law and a large number of his fans and readers, who had formed his extended family.

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