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Andhra: The Baahubali State

May 21, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, Identity, India, Pop Culture, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

As if Mahakal himself had decided to suddenly anoint Andhra cinema with national (and international renown) back-to-back, we follow up our article on Phalke Award winner K.Viswanath garu with an article on the topic of the hour: Baahubali 2.…

Personalities: K. Viswanath

April 24, 2017UncategorizedCinema, Elite, High Culture, Personalities, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

In honour of the recent announcement for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, our Post today is on its 2016 recipient.

While it is true that we Telugus often feel short-shrifted on the national award front, it’s also important to recognise when …

Personalities: Vasantaraya

March 16, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dance, Festivals, History, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Those of you following us on our All-India site, Indic Civilizational Portal, would have seen our article on Vasant Utsav. Well, it just so happens that Andhra had a king who became so identified with the festival, he took …

Personalities: Anavema Reddi

March 1, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Elite, History, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

The next great King of the Reddi Kingdom was in fact the greatest King of the Dynasty. Though most people don’t know much about him today, likely due to the reputation of the royal founder, this Reddi ruler revived the …

Personalities: Prolaya Vema Reddi

February 20, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, History, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Those of you following us on twitter would have read our tweets on the Reddi Kings (storified for you here: Reddi Rajyam — Romantic Age of Andhra). This dynasty of rulers has a special place in the heart of …

Personalities: Chitti Babu

January 19, 2017UncategorizedCarnatic, Elite, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

As a follow up to last week’s article on the Veena, it is only natural that we highlight one of Andhra’s greatest Veena players, and one of India’s greatest in the modern era. Like many of our artistes, he …

Carnatic Classical Instruments: Veena

January 8, 2017UncategorizedCarnatic, High Culture, Music, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

Introduction

From very early times Andhras had a special aptitude for music. They did much in times of yore to develop that art (gaanakalaa) and contributed a special raga called Andhree after their own name to the series of musical

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