Siddakatte Chennappa Shetty

He resided in Mavinakatte Bantwal with his wife Hemalatha and 3 sons Bharath, Bhuvan and Bhushan.

Badaguthittu (northern form) invited based on his popularity in south and oratory skills.

Siddakatte had extraordinary knowledge on Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Bhagavatha and few other Indian literatures.

Known for his great voice, clean pronunciation and enunciation, tactical derivation of stories and sub-stories from Puranas in conversation, and utilization of proverbs and Sanskrit Shloka at appropriate situations in a timely manner.

Siddakatte died of a brain stroke on 22 March 2014 at Kasturba hospital Manipal, Mangalore.