He was born at Hampasandra Village located in Gowribidanur taluk, Chikkaballapura District in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Hampanā completed his early education in his native village and neighbouring towns such as Gowribidanur, Madhugiri, Tumkur and Mandya.

Later he moved to Maharaja's College, Mysore from where he graduated with a BA (Honours) and completed his post-graduation in Kannada under the guidance of Kuvempu, T. N. Srikantaiah, D. L. Narasimhachar, S.V.

When UNESCO declared 1979 as International Year of the Child he published through KaSaPa, 200 books for children written by different writers.

He is the man behind erecting a building to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of KaSaPa in the premise of Kannada Saahithya Parishath.

[6] Recognising his contributions towards the classical Kannada, he was honored with the President's Certificate by the Ministry of Human Resource of the Union Government of India.

Among them are Sri Ramayana Darshanam of Kuvempu, Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi of Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Bhavyamaanava of S. S. Bhoosnurmath.

The poet Latha Rajashekhara has composed three epics on Jesus, Basava and Budha, a greatest achievement in one's lifetime.

It is a romance story of Charu Datta a Jain merchant and Vasanta Tilake, the harlot with astounding beauty.

This work is translated into many other languages such as Rajasthani, Banjara, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Marathi,[8] Prakrit, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Urdu and English.

With a proficiency in Kannada and Jainology, his mastery over English, Sanskrit and Prakrit made him recognized by the universities round the globe.

Prof Hampana in his latest work "Spectrum of Classical Literature in Karnataka-5" gives a sporadic illustration of the Kannada language and poetics.