Kuvempu’s daughter-in-law, Rajeshwari Tejaswi no more!

Chikkamagaluru: Rajeshwari Tejaswi (84), the wife of renowned Kannada poet K P Poornachandra Tejaswi and the daughter-in-law of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru.

Rajeshwari Tejaswi had been undergoing treatment in the hospital for the past three to four days for high fever.

After the death of her husband Poornachandra Tejaswi, Rajeshwari lived alone in the Hand Post Garden in Moodigere here. She had been to Bengaluru to visit her daughter a few days ago, sources said.

Rajeshwari Tejaswi has penned several books including ‘Nanna Tejaswi’ and ‘Namma Manegu Bandaru Gandhiji’.

In keeping her wish, the family has decided to donate her body to a hospital. Arrangements have been made for the final darshan at her daughter’s house from 5 PM today in HSR Layout in Bengaluru, sources said.