<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: Ngosuku lokugubha usuku lokufa kukaMahatma Gandhi, uGowda wazila ukudla kusukela ekuseni kuze kuhlwe efuna ukuba isiKannada sithole isikhundla sokuba ulimi lwendabuko. Ngaphambilini wayeke wazila ukudla kanye ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo futhi wasongela nokubuyisa iPadma Shri yakhe ayithola ngo-2001. Ekugcineni akazange abuyisele umklomelo njengoba wayenethemba lokuphendula okuhle kuMongameli ngaleso sikhathi u-APJ Abdul Kalam. Ngo-2014, owayenguNgqongqoshe u-P. G. R. Sindhia wacela uhulumeni ukuthi amnikeze isihloko se-poet laureate Rashtrakavi ngeminikelo yakhe olimini lwesiKannada. 