<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - NgoJanuwari 31, 2006, usuku lokufa kukaMahatma Gandhi  <response>: , UGowda wazila ukudla kusukela ekuseni kuze kuhlwe efuna ukuba isiKannada sibe 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. 