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2 unusual facts about Telugu literature


Maharajah Sir Goday Narayana Gajapthi Rao

Goday Jugga Rao garu was a great promoter of Telugu literature and orthodox Hindu, he practiced 'Saptha Santhana' Seven good works of perpetuality.

Sundarayya Vignana Kendram

The library houses more than 2,500,000 items of 19th and 20th century Telugu, Urdu and English literature.


Nannayya

Unfortunately, any Telugu literature prior to Nannaya is not available, except royal grants and decrees, though Telugu or Andhra language started to develop even before the Common Era.


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Siddharth Katragadda

He is the grandson of Sahitya Academy Award winning Telugu writer, Tripuraneni Gopichand, and great-grandson of revolutionary poet/reformer, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, both of whose postage stamps were released by the Indian Government for their contribution to Telugu Literature.