 Sundara Rao

Balagere Narasimhamurthy Sundara Rao or Ba.Na.Sundararao, (26 March 1918 8 October 1986), who wrote poetry under the pen name Vanavihari, was known by his Kannada initials as Ba.Na.Sum.. Banasum was active in Kannada literary circles from the 1950s until his demise in 1986, and is well known as an author, historian, and journalist.