Rahamat Tarikere

Rahamat Tarikere (born 26 August 1959) is a Kannada writer, critic and teacher. He is a retired professor from Kannada University at Hampi.

Early life and education He was born on 26 August 1959 at Samatala village in Tarikere Taluk in Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka state, India. He completed his BA with a university First rank. He bagged seven gold medals for the M.A. in Kannada Literature from Mysore University.

Literary work Prathi samskruthi (collection of articles) 1993 Maradolagina Kicchu (collection of articles) 1984 Samskruthika Adhyayana (2004) Loka Virodhigala Jotheyalli (15 Interviews) 2006 Kattiyanchina Daari (collection of articles) 2009 Prathi Samskruthi (A Study on Counter culture) 1993 Karnatakada Sufigalu (A Study on Sufism of Karnataka) 1998 Andamaan Kanasu (Travelogue) 2000 KadaLi hokku bande (Travelogue) 2011 Nadedashtoo naadu (Travelogue) 2012) Amirbai karnataki (Monograph) 2012 Netu bidda navilu (collection of articles) 2013 Karnatakada Moharrum (A Study on Moharam) 2014 Samshodhana meemaamse (A handbook on Research Methodology 2014) Geramaradi KathegaLu (Ed. Folk tales) 2016 karnataka shaktapantha (A Study on Shaktism) 2017 Gurupra Qadri Tatvapada (Ed. songs a Sufi poet) 2017 Tatvapada Praveshike (Ed.with Arun, Articles on Mysticism) 2017 Sanna Sangathi (colelcton of Thoughts) 2018 Nettara Sutaka (collection of articles) 2018 Bagila Maathu (Prefaces 2018) Rajadharma (A Study on political texts of Mysore odeyars and Diwans) 2019 Hittala jagattu (collection of lighter essays) 2019 NyayanishTurigala Jatheyalli (15 Interviews) 2020 Karnataka Gurupantha (A Study on Avadhuta and Aroodhas) 2020 "HaasuHokku" (collection of articles) 2021 Jerusalem (Travelogue) Kulume (Auto Biography) Bahutwa Karnataka (conceptual Discourse)

Awards and recognition Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for his collection of essays: Prathisamskruti (1993) Karnataka Sahitya Academy award for his Research on Sufis of Karnataka (1998) Karnataka Sahitya Academy award for his travelogue Andaman Kanasu 2000 Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010 for Kattiyanchina Daari (returned) Karnataka Sahitya Akademy Honorary Award (2013) (Did not receive) Dr.Ambedkar Mookanayaka award for column writing from Karnataka Media Akademy, 2024