ana , ▁was ▁sold ▁out ▁even ▁before ▁its ▁release . ▁The ▁novel ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁record ▁in ▁Indian ▁literary ▁circles ▁with ▁ten ▁repr ints ▁within ▁five ▁months ▁of ▁its ▁pub l cation . ▁His ▁latest ▁novel ▁Ya ana ▁( J j our ney ), ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁All ▁of ▁his ▁nov els ▁are ▁published ▁by ▁Sah ity a ▁B hand ara ▁in ▁Hub li , ▁K arn ata ka . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁ ▁B hy ra ppa ▁was ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁several ▁controvers ies ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁them es ▁and ▁positions ▁on ▁sensitive ▁issues . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁prominent ▁nov els ▁( such ▁as ▁V am sh av ru k sha , ▁T abb ali y u ▁Ne ena ade ▁Mag ane , ▁Par va , ▁and ▁S aar tha ) ▁have ▁strong ▁roots ▁in ▁ancient ▁Indian ▁philosoph ical ▁tradition , ▁thus ▁inv iting ▁severe ▁criticism ▁from ▁Nav ya ▁writers ▁and ▁from ▁others . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁supported ▁N . ▁R . ▁Nar ay ana ▁Mur thy ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁the ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁public ▁regarding ▁the ▁controvers y ▁over ▁playing ▁an ▁instrument al ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁anth em ▁at ▁an ▁important ▁occasion . ▁He ▁also ▁back ed ▁N . ▁R . ▁Nar ay ana ▁Mur thy ▁regarding ▁the ▁K aver i ▁issue ▁saying ▁ri ots ▁and ▁protest s ▁are ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁solve ▁the ▁problem . ▁B hy ra ppa ▁had ▁a ▁debate ▁with ▁Gir