Tag Archives: Personalities

Personalities: Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu

July 18, 2019UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

In the long list of Eminent Telugu musicians is one who is both a traditionalist and an innovator. If culture is what unites a state and people, then here is one figure whose family and legacy cuts across caste and …

Personalities: Emani Sankara Sastri

July 2, 2019UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Our next article in our Continuing Series on Andhra Personalities, is one who deftly managed to stand tall in both the saastriya and cinematic worlds. He was a veena instructor and veena player extraordinaire: Emani Sankara Sastri.

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Personalities: Tenali Ramakrishna

March 14, 2019UncategorizedAndhra, India, Literature, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Every once in a while we come across a Personality who so captures our imaginations and hearts that he almost comes to epitomise the character of our people. In the long line of personality clashes and caste battles, there are …

Personalities: Yella Venkateswara Rao

December 23, 2018UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

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It is a critical aspect of culture that our artists and musicians are given due recognition and patronage. One such vaadhyakara is a virtuoso on the original avanatta vaadhya.

The place of percussion in music is central and yet often …

Personalities: Dharmasuri

August 9, 2018UncategorizedAndhra, Literature, Personalities, Poetry, Sanskrit, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Andhra literature is an ancient tradition that encompasses not only Telugu, but also Sanskrit and Prakrit. Continuing our Series on Andhra Personalities is a master of Poetics who explained the precepts of poesy despite being an exemplar of philosophy.…

Personalities: Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastri

May 22, 2018UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, Personalities, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

After a long hiatus, we return to the world of Dance. Kuchipudi has had numerous exponents of great fame, perhaps none more famous than Vempati Chinna Satyam. And yet, it was his guru who first opened this previously male-dominated …

Personalities: Pullela Gopichand

May 17, 2018UncategorizedAndhra, India, Personalities, SportsN.R.I.pathi

Those of you following our mother site, Indic Civilizational Portal, would have seen our article on Kreeda, covering Indian Sports & Martial Arts. Part of culture is appreciating Fine & Performance Arts, Literature, and so on, and part …

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