Devulapalli Krishnasastri (1897-1981) was a Telugu poet and was born in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 East Godavari District is a district situated on the northeast of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country He was born on 1897 November 1 in Ramachandra Palyam and was brought up in Pitapuram in a family of court-poets. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Pita-puram is a city and a Municipality in East Godavari district in the Indian [1] He grew interest in English literature while he was in his high school. The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from He started writing poetry from a very young age. Krishnasastri's works changed significantly after he met Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan in 1929. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Santiniketan ( Bangla: শান্তিনিকেতন Shantiniketôn) is a small town Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Krishnasastri is famously known as Andhra Shelly. Krishnasastri joined All India Radio in 1945 and wrote a number of plays for it. All India Radio (abbreviated as AIR) officially known as Akashvani ( Devanagari: आकाशवाणी ākāshavānī ( Urdu: اکاشوانی Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
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Literary works
Some of Krishnasastri's famous works include :
- Amrutha Veena (1992)
- Sri Andallu Tiruppavu Kirtanalu (1993)
- Meghamala (1996)
- Krishna Paksham (The Darkening Fortnight),
- Pravasam (Alien Residence),
- Mahati (The Veena of Narada). Veena (also spelled 'vina' Kannada: ವೀಣ Malayalam: വീണ Tamil: வீணா Telugu: వీణ is a Plucked stringed Narad redirects here for the village in Slovakia see Ňárad.
Sri Sastrygaru had also translated Sri Goda Devi's Tamil Tiruppavai into Telugu Keertanaas. Other translations of Tiruppavai are available - but they are all word for word. Sri. Sastrigaru's translation is unique in the sense that he had taken the central idea of each Pasuram, made it into pallavi and wove around it the rest of the paasuram into anupallavi and charanam(s). They were set to pure Karnatik music, even as they were composed, by Srimati Amruthavalli Sundaram. The publication with notation, is available with Orient Longmans. Please see http://www.avkf.org/BookLink/display_author_books.php?author_id=164
Awards
Andhra University has conferred the title Kalaprapoorna (The complete artist) on him in 1975. Andhra University (Telugu - ఆంధ్రా యూనివర్శిటి located in Visakhapatnam, north east coastal Andhra Pradesh, is one of the Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award. The Sahitya Akademi (साहित्य अकादमी is an Indian organisation dedicated to the promotion of Literature in the Languages of Krishnashastri also won the Padma Vibhushan in the year 1976. The Padma Vibhushan is India 's second highest civilian honour
External links
- JayaJayaPriyaBharatha(pdf file)
- Chukkalu(from KrishnaPaksham)
- Nenu(from Krishna Paksham)
- Krishnasastriyam is a novel musical interpretation of some songs written by Sri Krishnasastri. Excerpts available at the linked site.
- [1] Visit this to see chukkalu by Krishnasastri in Telugu.
- Krishnasastriyam is a novel musical interpretation of some songs written by Sri Krishnasastri. Excerpts available at the linked site.
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