Ma Ramamurthy

Ma Ramamurthy (1918–1967) also known as Kannadada Veera Senani, was an Indian writer, journalist and Kannada activist.

Ramamurthy is known for designing the red-and-yellow arishina-kumkuma (turmeric-vermilion) Kannada flag.

Ramamurthy Nagar, a locality in East Bengaluru in Karnataka, was named after him.

Ramamurthy led the Kannada movement from the front in the 1950s and 1960s under the leadership of A. N. Krishna Rao and others.

His father Veerakesari Seetharama Shastri was a noted freedom fighter and litterateur.