Kuvempu was born in Kuppalli, a village in Shivamogga district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka) into to a Kannada-speaking Vokkaliga family.
His mother Seethamma hailed from Koppa,Chikkmangaluru, while his father Venkatappa Gowda was from Kuppali, a village in 
Thirthahalli taluk (in present-day Shimoga district), where he was raised.
Early in his childhood, Kuvempu was home-schooled by an appointed teacher from South Canara.
He joined the Anglo-Vernacular school in Thirthahalli to continue his middle school education.
Kuvempu's father died when he was only twelve.
He finished his lower and secondary education in Kannada and English languages in Thirthahalli and moved to Mysore for further education at the Wesleyan High School.
Thereafter, he pursued college studies at the Maharaja College of Mysore and graduated in 1929, majoring in Kannada.
Kuvempu was born in Kuppalli, a village in Shivamogga district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka) into to a Kannada-speaking Vokkaliga family. His mother Seethamma hailed from Koppa,Chikkmangaluru, while his father Venkatappa Gowda was from Kuppali, a village in 
Thirthahalli taluk (in present-day Shimoga district), where he was raised. Early in his childhood, Kuvempu was home-schooled by an appointed teacher from South Canara. He joined the Anglo-Vernacular school in Thirthahalli to continue his middle school education. Kuvempu's father died when he was only twelve. He finished his lower and secondary education in Kannada and English languages in Thirthahalli and moved to Mysore for further education at the Wesleyan High School. Thereafter, he pursued college studies at the Maharaja College of Mysore and graduated in 1929, majoring in Kannada.
Kuvempu