After failing the matriculation exam (as it was called then), DVG discontinued his formal education.ĭVG got married to Bhageerathamma when he was in high school. He then moved to Maharaja High School in Mysore to continue his studies. Having finished his primary schooling in the Kannada medium in 1898, he taught himself Sanskrit out of an interest in the language and also learnt the basics of English.
DVG was born on 17 March 1887 in the village of Devanahalli, situated in the Mulabagilu taluk of the Kolar district (of present-day Karnataka).
