Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (31 January 1896 – 26 October 1981), popularly known as Da. Ra.Bendre, was a Kannada poet of the Navodaya Period.He was given the honorific Varakavi ('the gifted poet-seer).Bendre was awarded the Jnanapita for his 1964 poetry collection, Bendre published most of his work.