Personalities: Prataparudra

August 26, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, History, India, Personalities, TelanganaN.R.I.pathi

The Kakatiya dynasty reached its dramatic climax under Prataparudra. The grandson of Rani Rudrama Devi, Pratapa Rudra Deva II (1289-1323 CE) is best known for bringing to justice the rebellious Nayaks who killed her and for his stubborn …

Personalities: Vempati Chinna Satyam

August 18, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, India, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Any mention of Andhra’s most famous classical dance form, Kuchipudi, is incomplete without the celebrated maestro, Vempati Chinna Satyam.

Vempati gaaru was instrumental in not only popularising the dance style internationally, but universalising it as well. Famous students of …

Happy Krishnashtami (2014)

August 17, 2014UncategorizedACP, Dharma, Festivals, Greetings, Mahabharata, Traditionsadmin

From all of us at the Andhra Cultural Portal, we wish you a Happy and Auspicious Krishna Janmashtami!

Let us all remember his message of Dharma, and of course, celebrate his Avatara with the joie de vivre to …

ACP celebrates its 1year & India’s 67th

August 15, 2014UncategorizedACP, Announcements, Greetings, Indiaadmin

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Happy Independence Day for Indians back in the motherland and NRI’s and PIO’s around the world!

August 15th also marks 1 year for the Andhra Cultural Portal. So from all of us at ACP (now back from our …

ACP on Holiday

July 14, 2014UncategorizedACP, Announcementsadmin

Hello readers. Due to various reasons (vacations, travel, work, etc) Andhra Cultural Portal will be taking a short break til the middle of August.

Check back with us then, or add yourself to our email subscription list below, …

Amaravati: The City, its Art & its Architecture

July 7, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Architecture, Art, Dharma, High Culture, HistoryN.R.I.pathi

The Great City of Amaravati has a storied history not only in Andhra and India, but in the rest of Asia as well.

Those of you following us on twitter would have read our tweets (storified for your convenience…

Saamethalu (Telugu Proverbs) 2

June 29, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Language, Literature, Poetry, TeluguVelugu Thalli

Hello Everybody!! Here is the second installment in our series on Saamethalu. As we mentioned previously, Saamethalu are proverbs in the Telugu language. They communicate time-tested wisdom in the form of earthy, frequently poetic single line sayings. Here …