''Grahabanga'' () is a well-known novel by one of the most important novelists in Kannada

S L Bhyrappa Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa (born 20 August 1931) is an Indian novelist, philosopher and screenwriter who writes in Kannada. His work is popular in the state of Karnataka and he is widely regarded as one of modern India's popular novelists ...

. The plot depicts rural India, starts around the 1920s and ends around the 1960s. The story has the heroic struggle of a woman against her idiotic husband, vicious mother-in-law, superstitious neighbors and pervading poverty.

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regions are covered in this novel. This novel is considered an Indian classic and hence

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, India translated this into all the fourteen major languages of India. In 2003, it was made into a television series by

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which was produced by the actress

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Novels in Kannada 1970 Indian novels Indian novels adapted into television shows Novels by S. L. Bhyrappa {{india-book-stub