| 1. Through his childhood environment, Ganesh picked up languages like Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. |
| 2. At the age of 16, Ganesh used to read Sanskrit and Kannada literature and was also writing poetry. |
| 3. He learned English at school, and he later learned several other languages like Prakrit, Pali, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Greek, Latin and Italian. |
| 4. Ganesh is well known for his performances of avadhana, a genre of performance in India, where a performer answers challenging questions from several questioners in parallel. |
| 5. In 1981, Ganesh saw an avadhana performance for the first time, by Lepakshi Medavaram Mallikarjuna Sharma, and tried one himself in front of his friends. |
| 6. He performed 13 astavadhana between 1981 and 1987. |
| 7. In 1987, he gave a major astavadhana performance at Kolar in the centenary year of D. V. Gundappa. |
| 8. His 100th and 200th astavadhanas were also performed at Kolar, his native place. |
| 9. His astavadhanas became very popular, and he gave hundreds of performances, some of which were viewed by people even in pouring rain. |
| 10. He has given more than 20 avadhana performances in American and European countries. |
| 11. On 15 December 1991, he performed his first Shatavadhana at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore. |
| 12. In addition to his D. Litt thesis The Art of Avadhana in Kannada and the forthcoming Avadhana Sahasra, he has written books about the art of Avadhana to groom future avadhanis. |
| 13. He gives public lectures on dance, music, art, culture, literature, and poetics. |
| 14. He has given multiple lectures on various topics in Gokhale Institute of Public affairs, most of which is published on YouTube. |
| 15. In his kAvya-chitra shows, he performs with painter B.K.S.Varma, composing poems while the latter paints. |
| 16. He has written lyrics and composed verses for dance performances. |
| 17. He once set a record by composing poetry for twenty-four hours continuously. |
| 18. He performed his 1000th avadhana on 16 February 2014 in Bangalore. |
| 19. He performed his first complete Shatavadhana in Kannada from 30 November to 2 December 2012. |
