[6][7] In fact, Kuvempu begins his book Sri Ramayana Darshanam with a two-page dedication to his teacher T. S.

At a young age he was introduced to theological texts and epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita.

[2][3] A few years later, owing to the untimely demise of B. Krishnappa, Venkannayya was promoted to the post of Professor in the Kannada Department at the behest of B. M. Srikantaiah, N. S. Subba Rao and Metcalfe.

[14] His leadership at Prabhuddha Karnataka led to many early writers like V. Seetharamaiah, K. S. Narasimhaswamy, G. P. Rajarathnam and P. T. Narasimhachar come to light.

Venkannayya impressed upon his good friend A. R. Krishnashastry to adopt D. V. Gundappa's poem Vanasuma as the anthem for the Kannada Sangha at Central College, Bangalore.

While at Maharaja College, Mysore T. S. Venkannayya was instrumental in starting student journals Kiriya Kanike and Taliru.

Venkannayya's organising abilities made the 1931 Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Mysore a successful summit.

[7] Venkannayya arranged a concert by Bidaram Krishnappa and co-ordinated the staging of the famous play Aswathaman in this literary summit.

While his literary output was less, the number of future poet laureates and Kannada littérateurs (like Kuvempu, D. L. Narasimhachar, T. N. Srikantaiah, K. S. Narasimhaswamy, M. V. Seetharamaiah, C. K. Venkataramaiah, K. Venkataramappa, G. Venkatasubbiah[5] and S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta.