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P. Sooryanarayana Rao, laminitis of Janatha Deluxe concatenation of hotels successful the city, passed distant astatine a backstage infirmary owed to age-related illness, present connected Friday. He was 72.
Rao is survived by woman Bharathi and girl Srilaxmi. Born to a landlord’s household connected March 27, 1953 astatine Manchi colony successful Bantwal taluk, Rao ventured into hospitality assemblage by opening Janatha Veg Restaurant astatine the Sharon Hotel successful Kundapura initially.
Later, Rao opened a akin vegetarian edifice astatine the Kediyoor Hotels successful Udupi, followed by 1 much connected Karnad Sadashiva Rao Road successful Mangaluru. In 1990, helium operated from an ain premises, Pathumudi Soudha, astatine Ballalbagh successful the city.
Pathumudi Soudha, with a restaurant, wedding hall, and different facilities, has been fashionable among people. Janatha Deluxe has been a fashionable sanction successful the catering assemblage excessively that provides nutrient to a assortment of events, from smaller ones to larger ones.
Former territory Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Pradeep Kumar Kalkura described Rao arsenic the 1 who provided work with a smiling face. The Koota Maha Jagath, Mangaluru, felicitated him with the rubric ‘Koota Samajada Kanmani’ successful February 2025. Anga Samsthe president Sridhar Holla, caput Gopalakrishna Mayya, clergyman Mani Shivarama Karanth and different office-bearers condoled Rao’s death.
His mortal remains would beryllium kept astatine Padhumudi Soudha from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the nationalist to wage past respects. The past rites would beryllium performed astatine Manchi, Mr. Kalkura said.
