Dr. K.P.Bhat was a medical practitioner who lived in a small town called Sringeri in interior Karnataka and is widely remembered by people living in that region as a person who selflessly served the people.Dr. K. Purushottam Bhat was born in 1903 to Karkala Sreenivasa Bhat and Satyabhama Bhat. His father was a priest in Sri Venkataramana temple in Karkala , Karnataka.
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After his graduation, he moved to Sringeri, a small village in interior karnataka. He spent the rest of his life there serving the people in a 10 mile radius.
Although he was a doctor by profession, Dr K.P.Bhat, as he was
popularly known, had a great interest in mathematics. He spent long
nights solving problems in geometry and algebra, accompanied by neat
and precise diagrams and comprehensive proofs. Dr K.P.Bhat was also
interested in architecture and designed parts
of the house he constructed in Sringeri in the 1960s. He was also
interested in carpentry. A great many mantapams used in family
marriages were constructed by him.
He also had to endure the sorrow of losing his wife Ratna Bai and
his eldest son, also studying medicine, in quick succession. Ratna Bai
died of breast cancer in 1960 and Krishna Bhat drowned in the
Cauvery river in 1961.
When he died in 1969 because of a heart attack at the age of 66, a month after he had moved into the house that he was at pains to engineer to perfection, the world lost an idealistic medical practitioner and a great man.
He was survived by his three sons and three daughters. The accompanying documents were compiled by his eldest son, K. Sadashiva Bhat, who died of a brain haemorrhage in 1999. His younger brother, K. Umesh Bhat died in an identical fashion a few years ago. K.P. Sitaram Bhat is his only surviving son and lives in a small town called Shimoga in central Karnataka.
His three daughters are living in various parts of Karnataka - two
in Bangalore and one in a small village near Mangalore. Asha is his youngest
daughter. 
