Mayura (magazine)
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Mayura is a major Kannada monthly literary magazine published in Karnataka, India, with its headquarters in Mysuru, Karnataka.[2] It is also published in Davanagere, Gulbarga, Mangaluru, Hubli, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad.[3][4][5]
May 2018 edition's cover, of magazine | |
| Chief Editor | K. N. Tilak Kumar |
|---|---|
| Categories | Literary |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | Print (Paperback), Online |
| Publisher | The Printers, Mysore[1] |
| Founder | The Printers, Mysore |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Mysuru, Karnataka |
| Language | Kannada |
| Website | Mayura Official website Publisher website |
The magazine includes novels, stories (detective, scientific, and secular),[1] short stories, children's stories, comedy write-ups, film reviews, celebrity interviews, serials/soaps and more.[6] It often publishes stories translated from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, English, and other languages.[1]
History
Mayura was started in 1968 by The Printers, Mysore (estd. 1948).[1]
Past writers of the magazine include P. Lankesh, K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi, Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar, Anupama Niranjana, M. K. Indira, Jayanth Kaikini, Besagarahalli Ramanna,[7] T. K. Rama Rao, Fakir Mohammad Katpadi,[8] Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi, Veerabhadrappa, Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Beechi, Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, M.H. Nayak Baada,[9] Na D'Souza, and Gopalakrishna Pai.[1]
Sister publications
- Deccan Herald, an English daily newspaper
- Sudha, Kannada weekly magazine
- Prajavani, Kannada daily newspaper
See also
- List of Kannada-language magazines
- Tushara, a Kannada monthly literary magazine
