Mahatma Gandhi, officially honored as Bapu (Father) of the Nation of India
Morari Bapu | Asaram Bapu | Bapu Nadkarni | Bapu (artist) | Bapu |
The plan to issue a set of stamps depicting Mahatma Gandhi ("Bapu", or "father" in Hindi), in January 1948.
In the recent years Aniruddha Bapu, Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu, Swami Dayananda Saraswati Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Baba Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sathya Sai Baba, Mata Amritanandamayi are some of the many spiritual gurus who draw huge crowds, and have tremendous fan following because of their faith in humanity and the miracles that they have caused to happen in peoples lives.
Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana (also known as Bapu) directed his first movie Saakshi (1967) in the village, and later made many more, including the movie Muthyala Muggu (1975) shot mostly on the Pulidindi Canal.